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Tugela is an English word with synonyms like waterfall or falls. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Tugela in a sentence

Tugela meaning

A river in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Synonyms of Tugela

tugela falls waterfall falls

Related words

Other words often associated with Tugela or its synonyms:

water perianth

Using Tugela

  • The main meaning on this page is: A river in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  • Useful related words include: tugela falls, waterfall, falls.
  • In the example corpus, tugela often appears in combinations such as: the tugela, tugela river.

Context around Tugela

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

river 2× estate 1×

Sentence patterns with Tugela

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

across the tugela for which 1× into the tugela river 1× near the tugela river this 1× of the tugela 1× of the tugela to defeat 1× olifantskop and tugela estate 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a group of 1× an rti officer 1× buller withdrew early 1× the recent storms 1× these water treatment 1×

Common sentence endings:

afternoon august 26 1× and tugela estate 1× north of colenso 1× of his officers 1× of the tugela 1× the tugela river 1×

Words around Tugela

Just before it in the word index:

tugdual 2 tugboats 19 tugboat 36 tugade 6 tug 263 tufuga 3

Just after it in the word index:

tugend 2 tugendhat 29 tuggar 18 tugged 35 tugger 3 tuggerah 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Tugela

  • In this selection, "tugela" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, river and estate stand out and add context to how "tugela" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include across the tugela for which and into the tugela river. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tugela" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tugela

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

These water treatment works are in Ezakheni, Olifantskop and Tugela Estate. (11 words)

The recent storms and heavy rain brought large amounts of silt into the Tugela River. (15 words)

An RTI officer was killed in a hit ‘n run on the N3 near the Tugela River this afternoon (August 26). (21 words)

Longer example sentences

However, on 26 February, after much deliberation, Buller used all his forces in one all-out attack for the first time and at last succeeded in forcing a crossing of the Tugela to defeat Botha's outnumbered forces north of Colenso. (41 words)

Buller withdrew early when it appeared that the British would be isolated in an exposed bridgehead across the Tugela, for which he was nicknamed "Sir Reverse" by some of his officers. (31 words)

A group of Durban ramblers hiked the Harold Johnson Nature Reserve on Thursday, 21 March where they enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the Tugela. (24 words)

Example sentences (6)

These water treatment works are in Ezakheni, Olifantskop and Tugela Estate.

A group of Durban ramblers hiked the Harold Johnson Nature Reserve on Thursday, 21 March where they enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the Tugela.

An RTI officer was killed in a hit ‘n run on the N3 near the Tugela River this afternoon (August 26).

The recent storms and heavy rain brought large amounts of silt into the Tugela River.

Buller withdrew early when it appeared that the British would be isolated in an exposed bridgehead across the Tugela, for which he was nicknamed "Sir Reverse" by some of his officers.

However, on 26 February, after much deliberation, Buller used all his forces in one all-out attack for the first time and at last succeeded in forcing a crossing of the Tugela to defeat Botha's outnumbered forces north of Colenso.

Common combinations with tugela

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tugela" in a sentence?
An example: "These water treatment works are in Ezakheni, Olifantskop and Tugela Estate." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "tugela" from authentic English texts.
What does "tugela" mean?
Tugela means: A river in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
What are synonyms of "tugela"?
Common synonyms of "tugela" include: tugela falls, waterfall, falls.
How many example sentences with "tugela" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "tugela", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.