karoo

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karoo - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Karroo \Kar*roo"\ (k[.a]r*r[=oo]"), n.; pl. Karroos
     (k[.a]r*r[=oo]z").
     One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise
     terracelike to considerable elevations. [Also karoo.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]