PRETORIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pretoria mean? 

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

1. city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRETORIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

City in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of South Africa; Pretoria

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Pretoria" 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))