KARROO

Noun

karroo (plural karroos)

Alternative form of karoo

Source: Wiktionary


Kar*roo", n.; pl. Karroos (.

Definition: One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations. [Also karoo.] The Great Karroo, or The Karroo, a vast plateau, in Cape Colony, stretching through five degrees of longitude, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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