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Tugela Falls

Tugela Falls

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A very tall waterfall with several drops in the Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa
  • proper noun
translation icon : Cascadas Tugela
  • At 948 meters, Tugela Falls is considered one of the tallest waterfalls on Earth.

Examples

  • The source of Tugela Falls is high in the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa.

  • Tourists from around the world visit Tugela Falls to witness its breathtaking cascades.

  • Tugela Falls is beautiful.

  • Look at Tugela Falls!

  • At 948 meters, Tugela Falls is considered one of the tallest waterfalls on Earth.

  • The source of Tugela Falls is high in the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa.

  • Tourists from around the world visit Tugela Falls to witness its breathtaking cascades.

Synonyms

Tugela
vsTugela Falls
8.8

A very tall waterfall in eastern South Africa with many drops

means the same but is the formal name highlighting mountain location and height

Surface Forms

Tugela Falls main

Morphology

Tugela + falls

This is a transparent place-name construction: 'falls' denotes a waterfall and 'Tugela' identifies which one, so a learner who knows both constituents would infer it refers to a (major) waterfall. The pattern place-name + 'Falls' to name waterfalls is cross-linguistically common and follows regular compositional semantics, making the meaning immediately derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Tugela Falls may come from the local Zulu name for the river, often written 'Thukela'. Think of Tugela as the river and Falls as water pouring down many steps, so the name helps you picture this very tall waterfall.