English Explanatory Dictionary

Beitbridge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A border town in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe.

Word forms

Beitbridge

Etymology

From Beit + bridge, being named after the original bridge over the Limpopo River completed in 1929, which was named after Alfred Beit. The spelling Beit Bridge was being used in 1940.

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