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straat

straat noun: a valley between dunes.

Noun

straat (plural straate or straaten)

  1. (South Africa) A valley between dunes.
    • The "straate" are generally level and have a fairly hard surface often broken by protruding boulders of limestone.1908, Great Britain Parliament House of Commons, “Colonial Reports”, in Sessional Papers
    • Dune veld consists for the most part of rolling sand hills with wide or narrow straaten running in between the rows of sand hills.1919, South Africa Dept. of Lands, Report of the Department of Lands, page 17

Forms of straat

pluralstraate
pluralstraaten

Origin of straat

Borrowed from Afrikaans straat. Doublet of street.

Questions about straat

What does straat mean?
Straat means a valley between dunes.
What part of speech is straat?
Straat is a noun.
What is the plural of straat?
The plural of straat is straate.

Words near straat in the dictionary

  1. str8ned
  2. str8ning
  3. str8ns
  4. str8s
  5. stra.
  6. straat
  7. Strabane
  8. strabism
  9. strabismal
  10. strabismally
  11. strabismic

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