Rand
/rænd/noun
A unit of South African currency, equal to 100 cents.
Did you know?The South African rand is named after the Witwatersrand, the gold-bearing ridge around Johannesburg, and that place-name comes from Afrikaans for “ridge of white waters.”
Etymological Timeline
Old Dutch / Afrikaans
Dutch
rand
“edge, border, rim”
Afrikaans
AFR
Witwatersrand
“literally “ridge of white waters,” the gold-bearing escarpment”
20th Century
English
rand
“the monetary unit introduced in South Africa in 1961”
Modern English
English
rand
“South African currency unit”