单词 | orange free state |
释义 | Orange Free State in British Englishnoun a former province of central South Africa, between the Orange and Vaal rivers: settled by Boers in 1836 after the Great Trek; annexed by Britain in 1848; became a province of South Africa in 1910; replaced in 1994 by the new province of Free State; economy based on agriculture and mineral resources (esp gold and uranium). Capital: Bloemfontein Orange Free State in American English province of South Africa, west of Lesotho: formerly a Boer republic (1854-1900) & then a British colony (Orange River Colony, 1900-10): 49,992 sq mi (129,480 sq km); pop. 2,783,000; cap. Bloemfontein |
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