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Johannesburg
joh-HA-nihs-burrg
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The largest city in South Africa, founded during the nineteenth-century gold rush.
"They flew into Johannesburg to begin their safari tour."
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Etymology
Possibly named after Johannes Rissik or Johannes Meyer, officials involved in its founding.