rand

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
2. The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.

Verb

To rant; to storm.

Conceptos

rand

Sinónimos

brink

edge

rim

brim

border

margin

mountain chain

mountain range

nook

outskirts

selvage

stigmatize

welt

chain of mountains

selvedge

Witwatersrand

edging

extremes

fringe

latus

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɹænd/

Etimología (Inglés)

Named after Witwatersrand; the last element is Afrikaans rand (“ridge”), from Dutch rand, from Old Saxon rand, from Germanic *randaz. Compare Etymology 1, and Rand.
The sense of currency is because of gold that was extracted from the Witwatersrand rocks.