Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river rising in eastern South Africa and flowing about 1,210 km (750 mi) southwest to the Orange River.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A valley.
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Examples
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Lack of service delivery in the Vaal is a very serious problem.
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A ministry spokesman told Sapa that Van Schalkwyk was referring primarily to the industrial area of Durban South in KwaZulu-Natal, and the so-called Vaal Triangle industrial region in Gauteng, south of Soweto.
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Then, on September 3, 1984, the day on which the racist tricameral system and the new executive state president of South Africa were inaugurated, the so-called Vaal uprisings broke out, ushering in a new phase of militancy and resistance in South Africa.
5. The ANC: Stages of Struggle and Policy Foundations, 1960-1994 1994
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Mr Kheswa, also known as the Vaal Monster, was at the time of his death on July 10 being held in connection with several killings in Vaal Triangle townships.
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The Vaal is a wide, brown river, with sandbanks through which it cuts its own channel.
The Sound of Thunder Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1966
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Then, on September 3, 1984, the day on which the racist tricameral system and the new executive state president of South Africa were inaugurated, the so-called Vaal uprisings broke out, ushering in a new phase of militancy and resistance in South Africa.
African National Congress Statement to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 1960
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On the south bank of the Vaal were the Munster Fusiliers,
The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Cecil Francis Romer
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We are encamped close to the Vaal, which is here a fine stream, as wide as the Thames at Richmond.
With Rimington L. March Phillipps
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The Orange receives on its right bank its greatest affluent, the Vaal, which is between 500 and 600 miles in length.
History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government Great Britain. War Office 1876
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They're aliens that worshipped an alien computer called "Vaal" in one of the classic original Star Trek episodes.
December 2009 2009
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