Vaalie
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Transvaal, from Afrikaans Vaal (“Vaal river”).
Noun[edit]
Vaalie (plural Vaalies)
- (South Africa, slang) A tourist from inland.
- 2011, Nic Venter, Wow! What a Life!, page 179:
- I went down to the beach front, of course, for that was the first thing that all Vaalies did: to look at the sea and to check the talent on the beach.
- (South Africa, slang) The grey rhebok or Vaal rhebok, a species of antelope endemic to South Africa.