vlakten.
/ˈvlaktə/, /ˈflaktə/, U.S. /ˈvlæktə/, /ˈflæktə/, South African English /ˈflʌktə/ South African.
An extent of flat open country; a plain. Frequently plural.
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1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope II. xiv. 222 Animals (probably of the gazel kind) two feet in height, which used..to herd together on the vlaktens, or plains.
1852 C. Barter Dorp & Veld 82 The plains, or vlakten, occupy more than two-thirds of the whole extent of the Sovereignty.
1938 E. Campbell ‘Die ou Pad’ & Other Rhymes 5 The vlakte is tamed and strange.
1975 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 21 Sept. 20 There was everyone wondering why the men from the vlaktes, usually so docile, suddenly seemed so fractious.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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