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Vaalie

Vaalie noun: a tourist from inland.

Noun

Vaalie (plural Vaalies)

  1. (South Africa, slang) A tourist from inland.
    • I went down to the beach front, of course, for that was the first thing that all Vaalies did: to look at the sea and to check the talent on the beach.2011, Nic Venter, Wow! What a Life!, page 179
  2. (South Africa, slang) The grey rhebok or Vaal rhebok, a species of antelope endemic to South Africa.

Forms of Vaalie

pluralVaalies

Origin of Vaalie

From Transvaal, from Afrikaans Vaal (“Vaal river”).

Questions about Vaalie

What does Vaalie mean?
Vaalie means a tourist from inland.
What part of speech is Vaalie?
Vaalie is a noun.
What is the plural of Vaalie?
The plural of Vaalie is Vaalies.

Words near Vaalie in the dictionary

  1. vaala
  2. vaalah
  3. Vaalbara
  4. vaalhaai
  5. Vaalian
  6. Vaalie
  7. Vaalies
  8. vaalite
  9. vaaljapie
  10. Vaalpens
  11. Vaalpense

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