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KARROOS
Noun
karroos
plural of karroo
Source: Wiktionary
KARROO
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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