Highveld

See also: highveld

English

Etymology

From high +‎ veld, after Dutch hoogeveld.

Pronunciation

• (General South African) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪfɛlt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌɪvɛld/, /ˈhʌɪfɛlt/

Proper noun

Highveld

1. The inland plateau of South Africa and neighbouring countries, containing greater Johannesburg. [from 19th c.]
   • 1969, Doris Lessing, The Four-Gated City, HarperCollins, published 1993, page 13:

     Somewhere early in her childhood, on the farm on the highveld, ‘Matty’ had been created by her as an act of survival.

   • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 30:

     The Ben Schoeman highway, a wide barren lane in the mist without any glimpse of the yellow highveld landscape […].