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| Who can tell me what Mapungubwe means |
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 lion queenForum Assistant Joined: Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:03 pm Posts: 6641 Location: Upington RSA 
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Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:50 pm  |
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If you know the answer and you want to share your info, why not donate a nice book about these parks here
We all could benefit from this!!!!  |
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picnic Senior Virtual Ranger Joined: Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:08 am Posts: 4076
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| Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:57 pm |
 Or if you don't have a book, anything would help.   |
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gmlsmit Virtual Ranger Joined: Tue Dec 25, 2007 4:52 pm Posts: 2377 Location: VEREENIGING
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| Mon May 07, 2012 6:11 pm |
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This origin is supposedly derived from the Venda word for jackal (i.e. Phunguhwe) or alternatively, the Tsonga word for the same animal (i.e. Phukubje). On the other hand, others have proposed that name means “hill or place of stones/boulders/rocks”. This later version appears a lot closer to the meaning of the word since Mapungubwe actually mean "place of boiling or simmering stones/rocks/boulders".
I know it as "the Hill of the Jackal". |
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lion queen Forum Assistant Joined: Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:03 pm Posts: 6641 Location: Upington RSA
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| Mon May 07, 2012 6:14 pm |
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Wow thanx for that info...........very nice to know.......
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