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Pietermaritzburg

/ˌpiːtə(ɹ)ˈmæɹətsˌbɜː(ɹ)ɡ/

Pietermaritzburg proper noun: a city, the capital of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Proper noun

Pietermaritzburg

  1. A city, the capital of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Origin of Pietermaritzburg

From Afrikaans, named after Piet Retief and Gerrit Maritz.

Questions about Pietermaritzburg

What does Pietermaritzburg mean?
Pietermaritzburg means a city, the capital of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
What part of speech is Pietermaritzburg?
Pietermaritzburg is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pietermaritzburg?
Pietermaritzburg is pronounced /ˌpiːtə(ɹ)ˈmæɹətsˌbɜː(ɹ)ɡ/.

Words near Pietermaritzburg in the dictionary

  1. piet
  2. piet-my-vrou
  3. piet-my-vrous
  4. pieta
  5. pietas
  6. Pietermaritzburg
  7. Pieters
  8. Pietersburg
  9. Pieterses
  10. pietersite
  11. pietersites

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