veld
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- noun
- /vɛld/
- South African
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veld
- The train would stop for ten minutes, give a toot, and chug away from Doringkraal into the barren veld, growing small and faint until it disappeared on the endless plain.
- African veld
And here he actually does use the word veldt as well as zitnika, right?
- And here he actually does use the word veldt as well as zitnika, right?
Examples
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Not twenty kilometers across the veld from his homestead, there was a black homeland.
Fiction book (1994) -
He was running In the green veld.
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We are there across the veld from you every night.
Fiction book (1994) -
- Surrounded by nothing except mountains and veld.
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The young woman leads Mrs. Stark up and down roads in the veld, drawn by the rough fingernail of an earth-mover.
Fiction book (1994) -
As a photographer, being out there in the veld (Afrikaans for bush) or doing a safari means a lot of work:
Blog text (17) -
Polokwane, formerly Pietersburg, is approximately three hours northeast by car from Johannesburg, in the high veld (savanna).
Academic text (2018) -
As we gazed across the open landscape, we could see the vast expanse of the veld dotted with wildflowers.
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While on safari, we spotted a herd of elephants roaming gracefully across the sunlit veld.
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The sunrise over the veld was breathtaking, painting the sky with hues of orange and pink.
Synonyms
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An area of open, gently rolling high land with few trees
An area of open grass with some bushes and trees in southern Africa
Surface Forms
Etymology
Veld comes from the Afrikaans and Dutch word veld, which means 'field'. Think of it like the English word field, a wide open area of grass, which is why veld is used for the open grassy plains of southern Africa.