SOWETO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Soweto mean? 

• SOWETO (noun)
  The noun SOWETO has 1 sense:

1. a large collection of African townships to the southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa; inhabited solely by Black Africans

  Familiarity information: SOWETO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOWETO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large collection of African townships to the southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa; inhabited solely by Black Africans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Soweto" is a part of...):

Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))