Rand Synonyms

rănd
United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ayn rand
A rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. witwatersrand
  2. reef

Rand Sentence Examples

  • The Rand reefs, first mined in 1886, cover a large area.

  • Taylor, Political rand Constitutional History of Roane (1899).

  • The chief exports, not all products of the province, are coal, wool, mohair, hides and skins, wattle bark, tea, sugar, fruits and jams. The import trade is of a most varied character, and a large proportion of the goods brought into the country are in transit to the Transvaal and Orange Free State, Natal affording, next to Delagoa Bay, the shortest route to the Rand.

  • Two years later, in 1886, the Rand goldfields were proclaimed, and the tide of trade which had already set in with the Transvaal steadily increased.

  • Meantime it was agreed by the Cape, Transvaal and Natai governments that, subject to Natal entering the Union, its share of the Rand import trade should be 25% before and 30% after the establishment of the Union.

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