Vlei Definition

flā, flī
noun
A grassy or marshy wetland, some or all of which is covered with water during the rainy season.
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Other Word Forms of Vlei

Noun

Singular:
vlei
Plural:
vleis

Origin of Vlei

  • Afrikaans from Dutch vallei from Middle Dutch valleye from Old French valee valley

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

Vlei Sentence Examples

  • In general these rivers lose themselves in some vlei in the desert land.

  • From the south a number of streams, the Brak and Ongers, the Zak and Olifants Vlei (the two last uniting to form the Hartebeest), flow north towards the Orange in its middle course.

  • A large yellow tulip (Homerica pallida) is one of the most abundant flowers on moist vlei lands on the high veld and is occasionally met with in the low veld; slangkop (Urginea Burkei) with red bulbs like a beetroot is a low bush plant apparently restricted to the Transvaal and adjacent Portuguese territory.

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Words Starting With

VVLVLE

Words Ending With

IEILEI

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Words Starting With V and Ending With I

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With V4 Letter Words Ending With I

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