Karroo
Pronunciation : Kar*roo"
Part of Speech : n.;
Definition : Defn: 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.
pl. Karroos (.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913