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Johannesburg in British English
(dʒəʊˈhænɪsˌbɜːɡ)
noun
a city in N South Africa; the capital of Gauteng province: South Africa's largest city and chief industrial centre; grew with the establishment in 1886 of the gold-mining industry; University of Witwatersrand (1922). Pop: 957 441 (2011)
Johannesburg in American English
(dʒoʊˈhænɪsˌbɜrg; dʒoʊˈhɑnɪsˌbɜrg)
capital of Gauteng province, South Africa: pop. 713,000
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