Taung (Q2096879)
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North West (relation 349519)
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Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, English, Estonian, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Tswana, Turkish, Zulu
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Archaeological sites in South Africa,
Archaeological sites of Southern Africa,
Caves of South Africa,
Landforms of North West (South African province),
Limestone caves,
Paleoanthropological sites,
Pliocene paleontological sites of Africa,
Populated places in the Greater Taung Local Municipality
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Summary from English
Wikipedia (enwiki)
Taung is a small town situated in the North West Province of South Africa. The name means place of the lion and was named after Tau, the King of the Barolong. Tau is the Tswana word for lion.
Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans
Wikipedia (afwiki)
Taung is 'n dorpie in die Noordwes-provinsie van Suid-Afrika. Die naam beteken plek van die leeu en verwys na Tau, 'n hoof van die Tswanasprekende BaTaungstam. Tau is die Tswana-woord vir leeu.
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node:
Taung
(OSM),
0.76 km from Wikidata
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name: Taung
is_in: North West, South Africa
place: suburb
source: sagns
sagns_id: 66470
wikidata: Q2096879
wikipedia: en:Taung
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match: Q2096879
node:
Taung
(OSM),
2.34 km from Wikidata
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name: Taung
place: village
wikidata: Q2096879
wikipedia: en:Taung
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match: Q2096879
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