Beitbridge
English
Etymology
From Beit + bridge, being named after the original bridge over the Limpopo River completed in 1929, which was named after Alfred Beit. The spelling Beit Bridge was being used in 1940.
Proper noun
Beitbridge
- A border town in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe.
- 1940 November, O. S. M. Raw, “The Rhodesia Railways—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 592:
- The Rhodesia Railways, however, do maintain a passenger and goods road motor service between Gwanda and Beit Bridge.
Further reading
Alfred Beit Road Bridge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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