Soweto

[ suh-wee-toh, -wey- ]

/ səˈwi toʊ, -ˈweɪ- /

noun

a group of townships in northeastern South Africa, southwest of and administered by Johannesburg: constructed in the 1950s and early 1960s to provide housing and services for Black Africans. 26 sq. mi. (67 sq. km).

Words nearby Soweto

sowback, sowbelly, sowbread, sow bug, sowens, Soweto, so what, sown, sow one's wild oats, sow thistle, sow wild oats

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Example sentences from the Web for Soweto

So I went to Soweto, and within an hour and a half, I was photographing a guy being killed right in front of me.
Tribeca's Harrowing Film About War Photographers|Marlow Stern|April 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Take two, for instance, new volumes of Next Stop . . . Soweto, a compilation series on Strut Records.
South African Music Vies for the World Stage|Michaelangelo Matos|July 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for Soweto

Soweto

/ (səˈwɛtəʊ, -ˈweɪtəʊ) /

noun

a contiguous group of Black African townships southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa: the largest purely Black African urban settlement in southern Africa: scene of riots (1976) following protests against the use of Afrikaans in schools for Black African children. Area: 62 sq km (24 sq miles). Pop: 858 649 (2001)

Word Origin for Soweto

C20: from so (uth) we (st) to (wnship)

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Cultural definitions for Soweto

Soweto

[ (suh-wet-oh, suh-way-toh) ]

Collective name for a group of townships inhabited by black Africans, located southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.

notes for Soweto

Soweto was the site of severe racial violence before the dismantling of apartheid.

单词	soweto
释义	Soweto [ suh-wee-toh, -wey- ] / səˈwi toʊ, -ˈweɪ- / noun a group of townships in northeastern South Africa, southwest of and administered by Johannesburg: constructed in the 1950s and early 1960s to provide housing and services for Black Africans. 26 sq. mi. (67 sq. km). Words nearby Soweto sowback, sowbelly, sowbread, sow bug, sowens, Soweto, so what, sown, sow one's wild oats, sow thistle, sow wild oats Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Soweto So I went to Soweto, and within an hour and a half, I was photographing a guy being killed right in front of me. Tribeca's Harrowing Film About War Photographers\|Marlow Stern\|April 22, 2011\|DAILY BEAST Take two, for instance, new volumes of Next Stop . . . Soweto, a compilation series on Strut Records. South African Music Vies for the World Stage\|Michaelangelo Matos\|July 23, 2010\|DAILY BEAST British Dictionary definitions for Soweto Soweto / (səˈwɛtəʊ, -ˈweɪtəʊ) / noun a contiguous group of Black African townships southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa: the largest purely Black African urban settlement in southern Africa: scene of riots (1976) following protests against the use of Afrikaans in schools for Black African children. Area: 62 sq km (24 sq miles). Pop: 858 649 (2001) Word Origin for Soweto C20: from so (uth) we (st) to (wnship) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Soweto Soweto [ (suh-wet-oh, suh-way-toh) ] Collective name for a group of townships inhabited by black Africans, located southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa. notes for Soweto Soweto was the site of severe racial violence before the dismantling of apartheid. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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