Johannesburg

Borrowed from Dutch Johannesburg. By surface analysis, Johannes +‎ -burg.

• (General Australian, General South African, UK) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoʊˈhænɪsbɜːrɡ/
• (General South African) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒœʊ̯ˈhɛnɨsbøːɡ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoʊˈhænɪsbɜːrɡ/, /d͡ʒoʊˈhɑːnɪsbɜːrɡ/

Johannesburg

1. The largest city in South Africa, in Gauteng province.

   Synonyms: eGoli, Joburg

   • 2025 May 22, Pumza Fihlani, “On the South African road incorrectly identified as a 'burial site' by Trump”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     The P39-1 is an anonymous stretch of thinly tarred highway connecting the small towns of Newcastle and Normandein in South Africa, a four-hour drive from Johannesburg.

2. A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Otsego County, Michigan, United States.

• Joburg
• Johannesburger

Inherited from Dutch Johannesburg.

• IPA^(key): /jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ/

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Johannesburg

1. Johannesburg (a city, the provincial capital of Gauteng, South Africa)

From Johannes +‎ -burg. As precise records for the choice of name were lost and there were quite a number of people with the name Johannes who were involved in the early history of the city, it is not known which person the city was named after. See Johannesburg § Etymology on Wikipedia.

• IPA^(key): /joːˈɦɑ.nəsˌbʏrx/

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• Hyphenation: Jo‧han‧nes‧burg

Johannesburg n

1. Johannesburg (a city, the provincial capital of Gauteng, South Africa)

• Johannesburger
• Johannesburgs

Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans Johannesburg.

• IPA^(key): /jɔ.xaˈnɛz.burk/
• Rhymes: -ɛzburk
• Syllabification: Jo‧ha‧nnes‧burg

Johannesburg m inan (related adjective johannesburski)

1. Johannesburg (a city, the provincial capital of Gauteng, South Africa)

• Johannesburg in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Johannesburg in PWN's encyclopedia

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɔɦanesburk]

Johannesburg m inan (relational adjective johannesburský, demonym Johannesburčan, female demonym Johannesburčanka)

1. Johannesburg (a city, the provincial capital of Gauteng, South Africa)

• “Johannesburg”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025