Vaal

[ vahl ]

/ vɑl /

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noun

a river in S Africa, in the Republic of South Africa, flowing SW from the Transvaal to the Orange River. 700 miles (1,125 km) long.

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How to use Vaal in a sentence

It was the Vaal river, running here broad and deep, and making Barkly West a pleasing instead of a dull place.
The Relief of Mafeking|Filson Young
On the 24th the Vaal was crossed, and on the 31st Roberts entered Johannesburg.
Story of the War in South Africa|Captain A. T. Mahan, U.S.N.
Immediately south of Kroonstadt we crossed the Vaal River, with its fine high-level bridge reduced to atoms by dynamite.
South African Memories|Lady Sarah Wilson
In 1868 many enterprising colonists made their way up the Vaal River, and were successful in finding a good number of diamonds.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883|Various

The prisoners were taken to an old and disused drift of the Vaal river and told to cross.
The Last Boer War|H. Rider Haggard

British Dictionary definitions for Vaal

Vaal

/ (vÉ‘Ë?l) /

noun

a river in South Africa, rising in the Drakensberg and flowing west to join the Orange River. Length: 1160 km (720 miles)

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