overbergn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈəʊvəbəːɡ/, U.S.

/ˈoʊvərˌbərɡ/, South African English

/ˈəʊvəbɜːɡ/,

/ˈəʊvəbɛːx/

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch, combined with an English element; modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: over- prefix, Dutch berg.

Etymology: < over- prefix + South African Dutch berg berg n.², after South African Dutch die Overberg, name of a region in the Western Cape. With use as adjective compare South African Dutch overbergsch (Afrikaans Overbergs) of or relating to the Overberg.

South African.

A. n.

Any region situated beyond mountains, esp. (with capital initial) such a region in the Western Cape or in KwaZulu-Natal.

ΚΠ

1823 W. W. Bird State of Cape of Good Hope 99 The..draft waggon of the country..is..the general and only convenient way of travelling through the peninsula and Overberg in the distant drostdys.

1882 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 11 125 Overberg.—This is the entire district, situated inland at a high elevation, and bounded seawards by the Berglands.

1950 Cape Argus 22 Apr. (Mag.) 1/1 While it lasted, Barry and Nephews held the purse-strings of the Overberg.

1973 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. VIII. 414 The name ‘Overberg’ was also used by the Voortrekkers in Natal to indicate the area beyond the Drakensburg, north of the Orange River.

1985 L. Du Buisson in Avenue May 36 The debate..drew derisive comment from what Natalians were now calling the ‘Overberg’—meaning the rest of South Africa.

B. adj.

That is situated or comes from beyond a mountain or mountains; from the Overberg.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > over

overberg1851

1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. 88 The districts situated..beyond these mountains..are often distinguished in a general way by the word overbergsch (tramontane).]

1851 J. F. Churchill Diary 13 May Business pretty brisk at Maritzburg with the Overberg Traders.

1879 R. J. Atcherley Trip to Boërland 61 The sale of rum to over-berg travellers.

1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 324/2 A railway which derives the bulk of its revenue from the overberg trade.

1952 E. H. Burrows Overberg Outspan iii. 58 [They] date from the..period when the Overberg burgher had exchanged the frontiersman's life for the pleasanter existence [etc.].

1997 D. Chidester et al. Christianity in S. Afr. II. ii. 76 Viljoen analyzes..the relationship between Moravian missionaries, Khoisan ‘slaves’, and trekboer communities in the Overberg region of the Western Cape.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overberg
释义	overbergn.adj. Brit. /ˈəʊvəbəːɡ/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌbərɡ/, South African English /ˈəʊvəbɜːɡ/, /ˈəʊvəbɛːx/ Origin: A borrowing from Dutch, combined with an English element; modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: over- prefix, Dutch berg. Etymology: < over- prefix + South African Dutch berg berg n.², after South African Dutch die Overberg, name of a region in the Western Cape. With use as adjective compare South African Dutch overbergsch (Afrikaans Overbergs) of or relating to the Overberg. South African. A. n. Any region situated beyond mountains, esp. (with capital initial) such a region in the Western Cape or in KwaZulu-Natal. ΚΠ 1823 W. W. Bird State of Cape of Good Hope 99 The..draft waggon of the country..is..the general and only convenient way of travelling through the peninsula and Overberg in the distant drostdys. 1882 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 11 125 Overberg.—This is the entire district, situated inland at a high elevation, and bounded seawards by the Berglands. 1950 Cape Argus 22 Apr. (Mag.) 1/1 While it lasted, Barry and Nephews held the purse-strings of the Overberg. 1973 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. VIII. 414 The name ‘Overberg’ was also used by the Voortrekkers in Natal to indicate the area beyond the Drakensburg, north of the Orange River. 1985 L. Du Buisson in Avenue May 36 The debate..drew derisive comment from what Natalians were now calling the ‘Overberg’—meaning the rest of South Africa. B. adj. That is situated or comes from beyond a mountain or mountains; from the Overberg. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > over overberg1851 1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. 88 The districts situated..beyond these mountains..are often distinguished in a general way by the word overbergsch (tramontane).] 1851 J. F. Churchill Diary 13 May Business pretty brisk at Maritzburg with the Overberg Traders. 1879 R. J. Atcherley Trip to Boërland 61 The sale of rum to over-berg travellers. 1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 324/2 A railway which derives the bulk of its revenue from the overberg trade. 1952 E. H. Burrows Overberg Outspan iii. 58 [They] date from the..period when the Overberg burgher had exchanged the frontiersman's life for the pleasanter existence [etc.]. 1997 D. Chidester et al. Christianity in S. Afr. II. ii. 76 Viljoen analyzes..the relationship between Moravian missionaries, Khoisan ‘slaves’, and trekboer communities in the Overberg region of the Western Cape. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1823
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