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SOWETO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Soweto mean?
• SOWETO (noun)
The noun SOWETO has 1 sense:
1. a large collection of African townships to the southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa; inhabited solely by Black Africans
Familiarity information: SOWETO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large collection of African townships to the southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa; inhabited solely by Black Africans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Soweto" is a part of...):
Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))
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