veld
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /vɛlt/, /vɛld/, /fɛlt/
Noun

veld (plural velds)

  1. 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.
Related terms Translations
  • French: veld
  • German: Veld
  • Italian: veld
  • Portuguese: veld
  • Russian: велд
  • Spanish: veld



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