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Meaning of "Pietersburg" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PIETERSBURG

Pietersburg  [ˈpiːtəzˌbɜːɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIETERSBURG

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pietersburg 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 PIETERSBURG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pietersburg

Polokwane

Polokwane, meaning "Place of Safety", is a city in the Polokwane Local Municipality and the capital of the Limpopo province, South Africa. It is also often referred to by its former official name, Pietersburg. Polokwane is a major urban centre, the biggest and most important north of Gauteng. Polokwane was one of the host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PIETERSBURG


Brandenburg
ˈbrændənˌbɜːɡ
coburg
ˈkəʊˌbɜːɡ
Drakensberg
ˈdrɑːkənzˌbɜːɡ
Gettysburg
ˈɡɛtɪzˌbɜːɡ
Gothenburg
ˈɡɒθənˌbɜːɡ
Gutenberg
ˈɡuːtənˌbɜːɡ
Harrisburg
ˈhærɪsˌbɜːɡ
Heidelberg
ˈhaɪdəlˌbɜːɡ
Johannesburg
dʒəʊˈhænɪsˌbɜːɡ
Luxembourg
ˈlʌksəmˌbɜːɡ
Magdeburg
ˈmæɡdəˌbɜːɡ
Marburg
ˈmɑːˌbɜːɡ
Mecklenburg
ˈmɛklənˌbɜːɡ
Middelburg
ˈmɪdəlˌbɜːɡ
Nuremberg
ˈnjʊərəmˌbɜːɡ
Oldenburg
ˈəʊldənˌbɜːɡ
Petersburg
ˈpiːtəzˌbɜːɡ
Sternberg
ˈstɜːnˌbɜːɡ
Vicksburg
ˈvɪksˌbɜːɡ
Williamsburg
ˈwɪljəmzˌbɜːɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIETERSBURG

Piero della Francesca
Piero di Cosimo
pierogi
Pierre
pierrette
Pierrot
piert
Piesporter
piet
piet-my-vrou
Pietas Julia
Pietermaritzburg
pieties
pietism
pietist
pietistic
pietistical
pietistically
Pietro da Cortona

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIETERSBURG

Augsburg
burg
Duisburg
Flensburg
Freiburg
Gottfried von Strassburg
Habsburg
Hamburg
Hapsburg
homburg
Limburg
Ludwigsburg
Luxemburg
Pressburg
Regensburg
Saint Petersburg
Salzburg
Strassburg
Tilburg
Wolfsburg

Synonyms and antonyms of Pietersburg in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Pietersburg» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIETERSBURG

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The translations of Pietersburg from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Pietersburg» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

彼得堡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Pietersburg
570 millions of speakers

English

Pietersburg
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Pietersburg
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بيترسبيرغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Питерсбург
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Pietersburg
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Pietersburg
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Pietersburg
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pietersburg
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pietersburg
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ピーターズバーグ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Pietersburg
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pietersburg
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Pietersburg
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Pietersburg
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पीटरबर्ग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Pietersburg
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Pietersburg
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Polokwane
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

питерсбург
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Pietersburg
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Pietersburg
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Pietersburg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Pieters
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Pietersburg
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Pietersburg

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIETERSBURG»

The term «Pietersburg» is regularly used and occupies the 107.426 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PIETERSBURG» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Pietersburg» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Pietersburg» 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 Pietersburg

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIETERSBURG»

Discover the use of Pietersburg in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Pietersburg and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Bushveldt Carbineers and the Pietersburg Light Horse
This is the most comprehensive book available on Australia's involvement in the Boer War.
William Woolmore, 2002
2
Herman Charles Bosman: Between the Lines
13. An. oracle. in. Pietersburg. Bosman's first steady job in South Africa was at the editor's desk of the Zoutpansberg Review and Mining Journal. As editor of a bi- weekly United Party paper in a Nationalist stronghold, he was expected to be the  ...
Valerie Rosenberg, 2005
3
The Cambridge History of Africa
For example, an open site at Koedoesrand had, because of its large blades and other artifacts in indurated shale, been recognized as one of the very few Earlier Pietersburg assemblages known up to now (Mason 1962, pp. 248-78); at ...
J. Desmond Clark, Clark J. Desmond, 1982
4
The Forgotten People: Political Banishment Under Apartheid
M.P. Kgobe, Resistance to Bettermentin the Pietersburg Area:A Case Study of Ga -Matlala, 1940—1980 (BA Hons dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, 1992), pp. 1, 11, 12, 14,15. D.M.C. Sepuru, Succession Disputes, MaCongress and ...
Saleem Badat, 2013
5
Mourning Become...: Post/Memory and Commemoration of the ...
59 The Makatese were a section of the Mantatee people, itself a part of the larger Tlokwa people, and in the 1890s they were most numerous around the Zoutpansberg area north of Pietersburg. 60 DBC 55, Barberton Register of Deaths and ...
Liz Stanley, 2006
6
South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland
Call to find out the current state of play. Most now only go as far as Polokwane ( Pietersburg). From there you will have to catch a local bus or minibus taxi to get to the border. Translux does has a daily service as far as Makhado (Louis Trichardt ...
Kate Armstrong, 2006
7
Weekends with Legends
It's time to take a feather duster to that cobwebbed notion that Pietersburg is a cultural and historical ghetto. It may not be Rome or Venice, but Pietersburg is the fastest growing town in the Northern Province, the people are friendly and if ...
Bridget Hilton-Barber, 2001
8
Tourism Destinations Southern Africa
The Nl highway bisects the province joining Gauteng with Pietersburg, Louis Trichardt and Messina before it reaches the Zimbabwean border. The N I I crosses the province from the Botswana border in the west through to Mpumalanga in the ...
Heather Du Plessis, 2000
9
Through Thick and Thin
The office, in Pietersburg, would serve as divisional head quarters for the Northern Region. The bank occupied a four-storey building on Landdross Maree Street. Market research in the Northern Province had indicated that BMB should well be ...
Rebone Makgato
10
No Room for Error
change to Pietersburg control to ask for direct clearance to Tzaneen. This was also denied with the remark that only SAAF headquarters could give the clearance for a direct flight. The pilot went ahead anyway and contacted Pietersburg control ...
Pete Van der Spek, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIETERSBURG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Pietersburg is used in the context of the following news items.
1
I was given a death sentence: HIV+ elderly rape victim
Jacky Selepe, a nurse at the Pietersburg Provincial Hospital, said HIV was manageable and could be treated with medication, which did not ... «The Citizen, Jul 15»
2
Naas van Bonkers Boere Orkes
Doppies was transferred to Pietersburg and was replaced by a new station commander from the city. He went around the Soutpansberg area ... «News24, Jul 15»
3
South Africa: RV Selope Thema
Selope Thema, a Mopedi ethnic was born in 1886 in Ga-Mamabolo near Polokwane, formerly known as Pietersburg. He was exposed to a ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
Sefako Mapogo Makgatho
Makgatho was born in 1861 at Ga-Mphahlele in Pietersburg district (now Polokwane), Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo province). In 1882 ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
Pioneering South African Artist Gerard Sekoto and His Brilliant …
In his early years of creating art, a desire to express his own individualistic style emerged while teaching art school in Pietersburg. «Atlanta Black Star, Jul 15»
6
South Africa: Simon Majakathata Phamotse
... Gauteng province) to work as an interpreter for the Native Affairs department in Pietersburg (now Polokwane) under Mr C.M. Wheelwright. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
7
Wits Med School Honours First Black Woman Graduate From 1947
She said when her mother's family and neighbours from Pietersburg, Limpopo heard about her graduating as a doctor, they assumed she was ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
8
Tavern Talk: The Coach Fainted In The Dressing Room
There were no Pietersburg players in the starting line-up, as it was dominated by players from Jo'burg. On the field we spoke the same ... «Soccer Laduma, Jun 15»
9
Boas Tjingaete, the football-playing pastor-turned traditional leader
Bowie later got his wish and relocated to Pietersburg and played for the university team Left & Right FC where he established himself as a ... «New Era, May 15»
10
Tavern Talk: Muhsin Was Still Angry In The Dressing Room
I also recall one time at Kaizer Chiefs, under Muhsin Ertugral, when we went to play Ria Stars in Pietersburg. When we got there, we did our ... «Soccer Laduma, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pietersburg [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pietersburg>. May 2024 ».
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