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Limpopo

Limpopo proper noun: a river in Southern Africa whose source is at the border of South Africa and Botswana near Johannesburg and which flows about 1,770 km (1,100 miles) through South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to the Indian Ocean.

Proper noun

Limpopo

  1. A river in Southern Africa whose source is at the border of South Africa and Botswana near Johannesburg and which flows about 1,770 km (1,100 miles) through South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to the Indian Ocean.
    • Goodbye. I am going to the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, to find out what the Crocodile has for dinner.1912, Rudyard Kipling, The Elephant's Child
  2. A province of South Africa which was originally part of Transvaal.

Origin of Limpopo

. The province was named after the river.

Questions about Limpopo

What does Limpopo mean?
Limpopo means a river in Southern Africa whose source is at the border of South Africa and Botswana near Johannesburg and which flows about 1,770 km (1,100 miles) through South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to the Indian Ocean.
What part of speech is Limpopo?
Limpopo is a proper noun.

Words near Limpopo in the dictionary

  1. limplike
  2. limpling
  3. limply
  4. limpness
  5. limpnesses
  6. Limpopo
  7. limps
  8. limps in
  9. limpsey
  10. Limpsfield
  11. limpsome

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