Transvaal (province) - Wikipedia The name "Transvaal" is from the Latin prefix trans, which means across from, or on the other side Hence, Transvaal refers to the province's geographical location to the north of the Vaal River Its capital was Pretoria, which was also the country's executive capital
Transvaal | South Africa, Map, History | Britannica The Transvaal’s name, which means “across the Vaal,” originated with the Afrikaners who in the 1830s migrated to the region after crossing the Vaal River
Transvaal War - National Army Museum In 1880-81, the British fought a brief war against the Transvaal Boers in South Africa The Boers were resistant to Britain's annexation of their territory and went on to inflict several stinging defeats during their successful fight for independence
Transvaal Colony - Wikipedia The borders of the Transvaal Colony [2] were larger than the defeated South African Republic (which had existed from 1856 to 1902) [3] In 1910 the entire territory became the Transvaal Province of the Union of South Africa
The Rise and Fall of the Orange Free State and Transvaal in Southern . . . The Orange Free State and the Transvaal (officially the South African Republic) were independent countries in southern Africa in the 19th century established largely by Dutch Afrikaans-speaking settlers known as the Boers (Boer translates to “farmer” in Dutch)
Transvaal (province) explained The Province of Transvaal (af|Provinsie van Transvaal), commonly referred to as the Transvaal (; pronounced as af ), was a province of South Africa from 1910 until 1994, when a new constitution subdivided it following the end of apartheid
Transvaal summary | Britannica Transvaal , formerly (1856–77, 1881–1902) South African Republic, Former province, northeastern South Africa Located between the Limpopo and Vaal rivers, the region was inhabited c 1800 chiefly by various Bantu-speaking peoples
Transvaal - Infoplease The Transvaal, led by Jan Christiaan Smuts and Louis Botha, was granted self-government in 1907 and in 1910 became a founding province of the Union of South Africa
South African Republic - Wikipedia The ZAR was also commonly referred to as Transvaal in reference to the area beyond (or "trans") the Vaal River, [3] including by the British and European press