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Definition of Karoos
1. karoo [n] - See also: karoo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Karoos
Literary usage of Karoos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Books in the Library of the Institute of Jamaica by Institute of Jamaica Library (1895)
"The Bush Boys: or the History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family in
the wild karoos of Southern Africa. 8vo. ; London and Nno York, nd [26 c. ..."
2. Records of Big Game: With Their Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions by Rowland Ward (1899)
"The desert regions of South-Western Africa, from the northern karoos of Cape
Colony through the Kalahari and Damaraland to Southern Angola in ..."
3. With Star and Crescent: A Full and Authentic Account of a Recent Journey by A. Locher (1889)
"Hardly inferior to the vast jungles of Hindoostan, or the boundless karoos of
South Africa; for here, in Mesopotamia, the plucky sportsman can bestride a ..."
4. African Nature Notes and Reminiscences by Frederick Courteney Selous (1908)
"To my mind the loss of stripes in the quagga was entirely due to the environment
in which this species had lived for long ages; for on the karoos of the ..."
5. Journal by Liverpool Geological Association (1889)
"... nge form vast plains (karoos) in the centre of Natal. Jurassic strata are
entirely absent, as far as it is known, through the entire continent. ..."
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