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Mpumalanga

/əmˌpuːməˈlæŋɡə/

Mpumalanga proper noun: a province in northeastern South Africa, which formed part of Transvaal province until 1994.

Proper noun

Mpumalanga

  1. A province in northeastern South Africa, which formed part of Transvaal province until 1994.

Origin of Mpumalanga

From a Nguni language term for “east” or “place where the sun rises”. Compare Xhosa impumalanga, Zulu impumalanga, Southern Ndebele mpumalanga and Swazi mpumalanga.

Words formed from Mpumalanga

Questions about Mpumalanga

What does Mpumalanga mean?
Mpumalanga means a province in northeastern South Africa, which formed part of Transvaal province until 1994.
What part of speech is Mpumalanga?
Mpumalanga is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Mpumalanga?
Mpumalanga is pronounced /əmˌpuːməˈlæŋɡə/.

Words near Mpumalanga in the dictionary

  1. MPSs
  2. MPT
  3. MPTP
  4. MPTS
  5. MPU
  6. Mpumalanga
  7. Mpumalangan
  8. Mpur
  9. MPUs
  10. MPV
  11. MPVs

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