vlakte
An Afrikaans word used in South African English for a flat, open plain — the characteristic landscape of much of the South African interior.
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An Afrikaans word used in South African English for a flat, open plain — the characteristic landscape of much of the South African interior. The word carries a sense of vast, exposed flatness that the English 'plain' doesn't quite capture. It appears in place names across South Africa and is freely used in South African English when describing landscape, particularly in agricultural or rural contexts.
After the mountains, the road dropped down onto a wide vlakte that stretched to the horizon.
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(South Africa) A plain.
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