Proper noun
Witwatersrand
A geological area around Johannesburg, South Africa.
All lines, except the lines in grey, were constructed by the Netherlands-South African Railway Company The discovery of gold during the Witwatersrand Gold Rush in 1886 changed the economic fortunes of the formerly impoverished ZAR. Source: Internet
Also established was a Municipal Government, Witwatersrand District court and the High Court of Transvaal. Source: Internet
At the time of unification the bulk of cargo destined for the Witwatersrand area entered through Lourenço Marques (now Maputo in Mozambique) owing largely to the relative distance and the ZARs policy of reducing its dependence on the British Empire. Source: Internet
"A statistical approach to some basic mine valuation problems on the Witwatersrand". Source: Internet
Ebrahim Fakir, a researcher at the Johannesburg-based Centre for Policy Studies, and Susan Booysen, political analyst at the University of the Witwatersrand, said that Mbeki botched his legacy due to his cautious approach to Mugabe. Source: Internet
However, a clustering of sounds at the beginning of a syllable can be readily observed in such languages as Shona, Doke, Clement M., A Comparative Study in Shona Phonetics University of Witwatersrand, Johannesberg, 1931. Source: Internet