Johannesburg
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- proper noun
- Many neighborhoods, more than two hundred in Johannesburg alone, have restricted access.
- the city of Johannesburg
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- inner city of Johannesburg
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- I'm sending this voice note from Johannesburg, South Keibler, Parkside.
- I can remember being in Johannesburg and I'm walking around in the district in Joburg.
- I'll do case studies of a number of cities next week, probably Jerusalem and Johannesburg.
- I mean it just summed up what the feeling in South Africa, in Johannesburg during Winnie Mandela's funeral and that.
- You know, Johannesburg was far more pleasant to visit than New York or, or London.
- But I also got on a plane, went to Johannesburg and I got to see, you know, Nelson Mandela's home where he grew up.
- It's the biggest and poorest slum in in in Kampala and we shot it there, but we also shot some of it in South Africa and outside of Johannesburg.
- I've done most of the high crime areas, like let's say most of, but I've done Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Johannesburg, Lagos.
- So I had started a like small consulting business and I had a client at college called CJC Central Johannesburg College.
- They were just opening in Africa in, in Johannesburg, hundreds of thousands of, of members, as they call them, not, not tenants.
- Places like Moscow, Johannesburg, Seattle, you name it, I've been there and often put one of these machines in.
Examples
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"Outside/Inside" was the exhibition of local artists' work at the Johannesburg Art Gallery.
Academic text (1996) -
The guy is driving from Johannesburg to Cape Town.
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I love all things South Africa and I was in Johannesburg for the World Cup.
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Upon entering, one first encounters the display "Johannesburg: Earth Roots and Early History."
Academic text (1995) -
But I also got on a plane, went to Johannesburg and I got to see, you know, Nelson Mandela's home where he grew up.
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We were still cheerful when we got back to Johannesburg the next evening, in spite of the weather.
Fiction book (1993) -
That my dear friends, that's our podcast for this week, coming in hot and heavy from our studios in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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The newly restructured Museum-Africa used to be the Johannesburg produce market.
Academic text (1996) -
DNA is a dynamic, futuristic vision of Johannesburg as a truly international city dominated by modern technology, cleanliness, and order.
Academic text (2008) -
During my trip to South Africa, I visited Johannesburg, a vibrant city known for its rich history and culture.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Johannesburg comes from the name Johannes, a form of 'John', plus the suffix -burg meaning 'town' or 'fort'. So, think of Johannesburg as 'John's town', which helps you remember it is the big South African city that grew quickly after gold was found.