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Springs

City in Gauteng Province, South Africa, 40 km/25 mi east of Johannesburg; population (1991) 157,700 (district). It is a mining centre, producing gold, coal, and uranium. Industries include the manufacture of alloy steels and non-ferrous products, paper making, cycles, sheet glass, electrical goods, and mining machinery. An annual Eisteddfod is held here.



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There is to be a dance at The Springs Friday night.
The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
When they arrived there they went at once to the Lake, and this time the lions did not stir, nor did the springs flow, and neither did the Lake speak.
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
It is believed here that these springs are the vents of a great subterraneous lake, and they have this circumstance to favour their opinion, that the ground is always moist and so soft that the water boils up under foot as one walks upon it.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
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