Tugela
- proper noun
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Tugela
- Second-line therapy for drug-resistant TB was not available at the Tugela Ferry hospital.
- Tugela Ferry
- Tugela Ferry, KwaZulu-Natal
Examples
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Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with drug-susceptible, MDR TB, and XDR TB, Tugela Ferry, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa 2005-2006.
Academic text (2014) -
Tugela Ferry is a town situated in a rural district with a population of 200,000 people.
Academic text (2014) -
That day at Tugela Heights, under General Buller, waiting to march on Ladysmith?
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She started singing about a trip to Tugela Falls, but I took her fluttering hands in mine to calm them.
Fiction book (1999) -
Finally, the study took place at the time of a now well-characterized, prolonged outbreak of XDR TB in Tugela Ferry.
Academic text (2014) -
By letting her reference to Tugela Falls be my lead, I contacted a South African astronomer I knew from my observing runs at the SALT facility near Sutherland.
Fiction book (1999) -
The view from the top of Tugela Falls is absolutely breathtaking, showcasing its multiple drops.
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Tourists flock to Tugela to witness one of the highest waterfalls in South Africa.
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After hiking in the Drakensberg Mountains, we finally reached the majestic Tugela Falls.
Synonyms
A very tall waterfall with several drops in the Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tugela comes from the local Zulu name Thukela, the name of the river that creates the famous falls, so a helpful way to remember it is to think of the Zulu name for that powerful river and its waterfall.
