01 n. One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations.
pl.
Karroos ((kȧr*ro͞oz"))
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One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations.
Phrases & compounds
The Great Karroo —
a vast plateau, in Cape Colony, stretching through five degrees of longitude, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet.