Karoo Definition

karoos, karroos
noun
An arid plateau of southern Africa.
American Heritage

Any vast prairie bordering a desert.

Wiktionary
pronoun
The vast plain in South Africa that borders the Kalahari Desert.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Karoo

Noun

Singular:
karoo
Plural:
karoos

Origin of Karoo

  • Afrikaans from Nama !garo-b veld, grazing land

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Karoo Sentence Examples

  • We then made a stop in an area of rocky ground and scattered acacias where we got excellent views of two Karoo Long-billed Larks.

  • This is in the karoo, flat scrubland with the Asbestos Mountains in the distance.

  • Field Area Specific areas were chosen from the Karoo supergroup in northern Namibia and South Africa.

  • Field Area Specific areas were chosen from the Karoo Supergroup in northern Namibia and South Africa.

  • These mapping techniques have been applied to a Permian turbidite fan complex in the Tanqua Karoo Basin, South Africa.

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Words Starting With

KKAKAR

Words Ending With

OOOROO

Unscrambles

karoo

Words Starting With K and Ending With O

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