Soweto
[ suh-wee-toh, -wey- ]
/ səˈwi toʊ, -ˈweɪ- /
noun
a group of townships in NE South Africa, SW of and administered by Johannesburg: constructed in the 1950s and early 1960s to provide housing and services for black Africans. 26 sq. mi. (67 sq. km).
Example sentences from the Web for soweto
So I went to Soweto, and within an hour and a half, I was photographing a guy being killed right in front of me.
Take two, for instance, new volumes of Next Stop . . . Soweto, a compilation series on Strut Records.
British Dictionary definitions for soweto
Soweto
/ (səˈwɛtəʊ, -ˈweɪtəʊ) /
noun
a contiguous group of Black African townships southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa: the largest purely Black African urban settlement in southern Africa: scene of riots (1976) following protests against the use of Afrikaans in schools for Black African children. Area: 62 sq km (24 sq miles). Pop: 858 649 (2001)
Word Origin for Soweto
C20: from
so (
uth)
we (
st)
to (
wnship)
Cultural definitions for soweto
Soweto
[ (suh-wet-oh, suh-way-toh) ]
Collective name for a group of townships inhabited by black Africans, located southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.
notes for Soweto
Soweto was the site of severe racial violence before the dismantling of
apartheid.