Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In physical geography, the name given to immense barren tracts of clayey table-land in South Africa, which often rise terrace-like to the height of 2,000 feet above the sea-level.
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- proper noun The vast plain in South Africa that borders the Kalahari Desert.
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Examples
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South Africa (Klein Karoo?) or northern parts of Chile.
Where in the wine world are we? Picturesque but marginal edition | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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In much poorer rural Klein Karoo 300 kilometers to the west, just 1 percent of boys and 2 percent of girls weighed this much.
Boing Boing: February 10, 2002 - February 16, 2002 Archives 2002
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The Big Empty, people in Cape Town called the Karoo, and now she saw why.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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He feels a certain peace, clinging to the side of Swartberg Pass: The clouds are like huge silver battleships, the dusks like golden liquids—the Karoo is a place of raw light and monumental skies and relentless silence.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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The Big Empty, people in Cape Town called the Karoo, and now she saw why.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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I and a bunch of friends went to South Africa, first to the Karoo, which is open country that looks a little like the real estate near Las Vegas.
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He feels a certain peace, clinging to the side of Swartberg Pass: The clouds are like huge silver battleships, the dusks like golden liquids—the Karoo is a place of raw light and monumental skies and relentless silence.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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The research will establish the movements of the birds between their different South African strongholds, namely the Karoo, the
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Laetitia Loff (councillor from Uniondale) Minister Dullah Omar noted that the Karoo was the last of the ten ANC regions to have launched.
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The popular order of the day was the Karoo Lamb Burger followed by River Cafe Chocolate Brownies.
Constantia Uitsig HayleyM 2009
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