veld
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /vɛlt/, /vɛld/, /fɛlt/
veld (plural velds)
- The open pasture land or grassland of South Africa and neighboring countries.
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 79:
- Pale yellow and greyish brown, the bare veld of late summer lay flat and listless under the drab sky.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 11:
- From an early age, I spent most of my free time in the veld playing and fighting with the other boys of the village.
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 79:
- Highveld
- Lowveld
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