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vleis

vleis is the plural of vlei.

Meaning of vlei

Noun

vlei (plural vleis)

  1. (Southern-Africa) A shallow wetland or minor lake, generally a seasonal one, or the lowland where such a wetland appears seasonally.
    • The country thereabout was a succession of vleys or gulleys, then filled with excellent clear water, teeming with water-fowl.1861, Charles John Andersson, Lake Ngami, chapter XXV, page 301

Questions about vleis

What is vleis the plural of?
Vleis is the plural of vlei.

Words near vleis in the dictionary

  1. VLDLs
  2. VLE
  3. vlei
  4. vlei rat
  5. vlei rats
  6. vleis
  7. VLEO
  8. VLEs
  9. vley
  10. vleys
  11. VLF

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