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Karroo

Kar-roo′

(kȧr-roō′)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Karroos
(kȧr-roōz′)
.
One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations.
[Also
karoo
.]
The Great Karroo
, or
The Karroo
,
a vast plateau, in Cape Colony, stretching through five degrees of longitude, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet.