Gauteng

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Gauteng

/xaʊˈteŋ/ General South African

Rhymes with -ɛŋ

Where it comes from

From Sotho iGauteng (“place of gold”), from gauda or gauta (“gold”, from Afrikaans goud, cognate with English gold) + teng (“here, there; inside”).

proper noun

A province of South Africa. Capital: Johannesburg.
South Africa A colloquial name for the city of Johannesburg.
Similar: Golden City, eGoli

Translations

Every language

name Province of South Africa

中文	豪登省 Háodēng shěng
Português	Gautengue

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"Gauteng." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gauteng. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{gauteng_2026,
  title = {Gauteng},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gauteng},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}