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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Karoo, Karroo /kəˈruː/ n ( pl -roos)(often not capital)- any of several high arid plateaus in South Africa, esp the Central Karoo and the Little Karoo. The highveld, north of the Central Karoo, is sometimes called the Northern Karoo
- a period or rock system in Southern Africa equivalent to the period or system extending from the Upper Carboniferous to the Lower Jurassic: divided into Lower and Upper Karoo
adj - of, denoting, or formed in the Karoo period
Etymology: 18th Century: from Afrikaans karo, probably from Khoikhoi garo desert |