Vaalie
English
editEtymology
editFrom Transvaal, from Afrikaans Vaal (“Vaal river”).
Noun
editVaalie (plural Vaalies)
- (South Africa, slang) A tourist from inland.
- 2011, Nic Venter, Wow! What a Life!, page 179:
- I went down to the beach front, of course, for that was the first thing that all Vaalies did: to look at the sea and to check the talent on the beach.
- (South Africa, slang) The grey rhebok or Vaal rhebok, a species of antelope endemic to South Africa.