Golden City, noun phrase
- Forms:
- Also with small initials.
- Origin:
- Named for its gold-mines.
The Golden City: The city of Johannesburg; City of Gold; Egoli; Gauteng sense 1. See also Jo’burg.
1892 The Jrnl 14 July 3Some days ago, at the Golden City, a well-known Secretary was catechising a youthful aspirant for the honoured post of office-boy.
1993 E. Khumalo in Pace July 77In Plein Street we found a young man..who came to Jo’burg two years ago...‘I’m dying to go back home. I don’t want to die in this filthy concrete jungle called the Golden City.’
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