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Beitbridge

name

Etymology

From Beit + bridge, being named after the original bridge over the Limpopo River completed in 1929, which was named after Alfred Beit. The spelling Beit Bridge was being used in 1940.

  1. derived from steg
  2. derived from brycġian
  3. derived from briggen
  4. derived from *bʰerw-✻
  5. derived from *brugjō✻
  6. inherited from brycġ
  7. inherited from brigge
  8. formed as beitbridge — “Beit + bridge”

Definitions

  1. A border town in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe.

    • The Rhodesia Railways, however, do maintain a passenger and goods road motor service between Gwanda and Beit Bridge.

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