Soweto
pronunciation
How to pronounce Soweto in British English:
UK [sɔ:ˈwetu]
How to pronounce Soweto in American English:
US [səˈwito, -ˈwe-]
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- Noun:
- a large collection of African townships southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa; inhabited solely by Black Africans
Word Origin
- Soweto (n.)
- black African community outside Johannesburg, South Africa, formed from first letters of South Western Townships. Related: Sowetan.
Example
- 1. Apartheid museum in a town of soweto .
- 2. The makeshift settlements of soweto show how much hard work is left to do .
- 3. The trumpeter hugh masekela and the grammy award-winning soweto gospel choir are among the local acts .
- 4. The younger mandela was raised in soweto , a sprawling slum at the edges of rapidly modernizing johannesburg .
- 5. The township of soweto , johannesburg 's largest , was once a byword for violence and black deprivation .