South African English borrowing from Afrikaans 'nek' (neck), used in geography for a col—a low pass or saddle between two mountain peaks.
South African English borrowing from Afrikaans 'nek' (neck), used in geography for a col—a low pass or saddle between two mountain peaks. Common in South African place names, especially in the Cape and KwaZulu-Natal mountains. Not related to informal uses of 'neck' in English slang.
The trail climbed steeply to the nek before descending into the valley on the other side.
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(geography, South Africa) A col .