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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Kar•roo (kə ro̅o̅′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -roos for 2.- Place Namesa vast plateau in the S Republic of South Africa, in Cape of Good Hope province. 100,000 sq. mi. (260,000 sq. km);
3000–4000 ft. (900–1200 m) above sea level. - (l.c.) an arid South African tableland with red clay soil.
- Khoikhoi; compare Xhaeruh, Phaeruh place name recorded in 1689, Nama garo parched, dry, arid, !garo-b desolate waste
- Afrikaans kar(r)oo
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 |