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PRONUNCIATION OF BRAKPAN

Brakpan  [ˈbrækˌpæn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRAKPAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brakpan is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRAKPAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Brakpan

Brakpan is a gold and uranium mining town with 346,735 inhabitants in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The name Brakpan was first used by the British in the 1880s because of a non-perennial lake that would annually dry to become a "brackish pan".

Definition of Brakpan in the English dictionary

The definition of Brakpan in the dictionary is a city in E South Africa: gold-mining centre. Pop: 62 116.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRAKPAN


bedpan
ˈbɛdˌpæn
brainpan
ˈbreɪnˌpæn
catapan
ˈkætəˌpæn
claypan
ˈkleɪˌpæn
cocopan
ˈkəʊkəʊˌpæn
deadpan
ˈdɛdˌpæn
dishpan
ˈdɪʃˌpæn
dustpan
ˈdʌstˌpæn
firepan
ˈfaɪəˌpæn
fry-pan
ˈfraɪˌpæn
hardpan
ˈhɑːdˌpæn
jampan
ˈdʒæmˌpæn
marzipan
ˈmɑːzɪˌpæn
Matapan
ˈmætəˌpæn
pattypan
ˈpætɪˌpæn
saltpan
ˈsɔːltˌpæn
skidpan
ˈskɪdˌpæn
swanpan
ˈswɒnˌpæn
taipan
ˈtaɪˌpæn
tragopan
ˈtræɡəˌpæn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRAKPAN

Bramante
bramble
bramble jelly
brambling
brambly
brame
Bramley
Bramley´s seedling
bran
bran loaf
bran mash
bran tub
Branagh

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRAKPAN

attention span
Balikpapan
cake pan
flash in the pan
frying pan
iron pan
japan
life span
lifespan
Montespan
pan
Saipan
sapan
saucepan
span
spic-and-span
tampan
time span
Uruapan
wingspan

Synonyms and antonyms of Brakpan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Brakpan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRAKPAN

Find out the translation of Brakpan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Brakpan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Brakpan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Brakpan
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Brakpan
570 millions of speakers

English

Brakpan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Brakpan
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Brakpan
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Brakpan
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Brakpan
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Brakpan
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Brakpan
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Brakpan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brakpan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブラクパン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Brakpan
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Brakpan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Brakpan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Brakpan
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रॅकन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Brakpan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Brakpan
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Brakpan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Brakpan
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Brakpan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Brakpan
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Brakpan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Brakpan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Brakpan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Brakpan

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRAKPAN»

The term «Brakpan» is regularly used and occupies the 86.953 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRAKPAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Brakpan» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Brakpan» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Brakpan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRAKPAN»

Discover the use of Brakpan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Brakpan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
White Rising: The 1922 Insurrection and Racial Killing in ...
There, as shown earlier, a ferocious attack terminated the authority of the company on the Brakpan Mines. If one excludes a liquor store that flamed suddenly in the night of 9 March, the first sign of insurrection in Brakpan came at 4.20 a. m. of ...
Jeremy Krikler, 2005
2
Africa's Hidden Histories: Everyday Literacy and Making the Self
But by the early 1930s, local governments such as Benoni and Brakpan had begun a process of devising influx measures, permit systems and tighter pass controls to regulate their black townships,en- force segregation more fully, and control ...
Karin Barber, 2006
3
The Dominican Friars in Southern Africa: A Social History, ...
Gabriel Coyle, for example, procured church sites both for Brakpan and Springs locations, while being parish priest in Brakpan.84 But when a second Sr M. Joseph Sweetnam, "Father David Donohue O.P.", in The Silver Star. Annual Magazine ...
Philippe Denis, 1998
4
Precarious Liberation: Workers, the State, and Contested ...
Brakpan, July 15, 1999. Respondent 4, male, 39, sales representative, Baldwin's Steel. Brakpan,July 19, 1999. Respondent 6, male, 37, inventory clerk, Baldwin's Steel. Brakpan, July 19, 1999. Respondent 8, male, 37, production foreman, ...
Franco Barchiesi, 2011
5
FET Colleges: Institutions of First Choice : National ...
Benoni, Brakpan, Daveyton (Isidingo), Springs and Kwa-Thema (Tlamoha) campuses brought together diverse skills, resources and leadership that have combined into a force in the FET arena. The college exists to enhance education,  ...
South Africa. Department of Education, 2007
6
Make a Skyf, Man!
Well, all great Neptune's oceans do not contain a second shad as onnosel as the first, and I try to explain this to ou Brakpan as he gets anxious now, because he's lost three sardines to the shoal in following casts and missed each time. Relax ...
Harold Strachan, 2004
7
Selections from the Smuts Papers: Volume 5, September ...
They started by that most dastardly massacre of the mine officials at Brakpan,2 an incident which is blacker than any incident we have of Native warfare or massacres anywhere. (Mr. Havenga : Except the incident of the Hanekoms).3 These ...
Jean van der Poel, 2007
8
Witwatersrand chambers of commerce & industries, 1990: ...
Brakpan Chamber of Commerce & Industries Membership List Brakpan Chamber of Commerce & Industries, P O Box 1281 Benoni 1500 Tel (011) 54-0597 AQUACOOLERS PO Box 8738, Edenglen, 1613 Factory 23 Mopedi Road, Sebenza.
‎1990
9
Apartheid's genesis, 1935-1962
Drum, (December 1955); Brakpan Municipal Archives, Brakpan Municipal Records, 14/1/30, Inspection of the Local Labour Bureaux, Brakpan, 28 September 1955. 54. P. Bonner, 'Family, Crime and Political Consciousness'. 55. Brakpan ...
P. L. Bonner, Peter Delius, Deborah Posel, 1993
10
Sustainable Manufacturing?: The Case of South Africa and ...
Endnotes 1 Brakpan was an exception because of the limited industrial development that had occurred there. Even the creation of a new industrial township, Vulcania, in 1938 had little impact on the towns economic fortunes. 2 This applied to ...
‎2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRAKPAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Brakpan is used in the context of the following news items.
1
An inner monologue at the traffic department
Do you got a pen for me, I did never know I must also bring my own pen,” said the girl from Brakpan. Someone offers her a pen and jokingly ... «The Daily Vox, Jul 15»
2
Lonmin Plc's "Buy" Rating Reiterated at Deutsche Bank (LMI)
... Marikana Smelters and Base Metal Refinery and Brakpan Precious Metal Refinery which has capacity to process and refine production, offering the potential ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
3
Lonmin Plc Stock Rating Reaffirmed by Renaissance Capital (LMI)
... a joint venture in which it has a 42.5% interest; Marikana Smelters and Base Metal Refinery and Brakpan Precious Metal Refinery which has ... «The Legacy, Jul 15»
4
Lonmin Plc's "Sell" Rating Reaffirmed at Renaissance Capital (LMI)
... a joint venture in which it has a 42.5% interest; Marikana Smelters and Base Metal Refinery and Brakpan Precious Metal Refinery which has ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
5
East Rand man hijacked by bogus police
Brakpan police spokesperson Captain Joep Joubert said the man was on his way home in his Mercedes Benz C180 on Friday evening when ... «The Citizen, Jul 15»
6
Scrap metal collector finds dead body
... after the body of a man was found with a gunshot wound to the head in Leachville, near the Leeupan dam in Brakpan, Gauteng, last month. «The Citizen, Jul 15»
7
Earth tremor in Brakpan on 29 June 2015
Was any earth tremor reported in Brakpan on 29 June 2015 at around 21:30. We experienced something quite severe in Dalview Ext. 3. «News24, Jul 15»
8
WHAT'S ON: Live & on TV this weekend
SUNDAY. National,Regional and Club Championship Drag Racing, Nitro Raceway, Brakpan Airfield. Racing starts at 9.45am. Barbara Grifo on ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
9
Support two causes by attending the Gauteng Motor Fest
... and Gauteng Motor Fest organisers, Thebe Reed Exhibitions chose this year's event as a way in which to support the SPCA Brakpan, with its ... «Media Update, Jul 15»
10
Former rugby players to blow the whistle
... GAP Management Despatch up until this year's Easter Playoffs in Rustenburg, while Nieuwenhuis played for GS Metals Brakpan last season. «eNCA, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Brakpan [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/brakpan>. Apr 2024 ».
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