Usually means: Arid, semi-desert region, South Africa.
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  1. Karoo, karoo: Merriam-Webster
  2. Karoo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Karoo, karoo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Karoo: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Karoo, karoo: Wordnik
  6. Karoo, karoo: Wiktionary
  7. karoo: Dictionary.com
  8. karoo: Online Etymology Dictionary
  9. Karoo (novel), Karoo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. karoo: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Karoo: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. karoo: Encyclopedia

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  1. karoo: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Karoo)

▸ noun:  Any vast prairie bordering a desert.
▸ noun:  (South Africa) Any of the composite bushes typical of the Karoo.
▸ noun:  The vast plain in South Africa that borders the Kalahari Desert.

Similar:
veld, backveld, campo, sweetveld, range, blackland, braai, campagna, long paddock, raik, more...

Phrases:
little karoo, great karoo, klein karoo, upper karoo, northern karoo, more...

Adjectives:
succulent, pre, arid, southern, eastern, post, dry, broad, little, western, central

Colors:
    rust,     ochre,     sage,     sand,     olive, more...


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Similar:
veld, backveld, campo, sweetveld, range, blackland, braai, campagna, long paddock, raik, more...

Phrases:
little karoo, great karoo, klein karoo, upper karoo, northern karoo, central karoo, Central Karoo District Municipality, Karoo Supergroup, Tankwa Karoo National Park, more...

Adjectives:
succulent, pre, arid, southern, eastern, post, dry, broad, little, western, central

Colors:
    rust,     ochre,     sage,     sand,     olive, more...



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