Locations in South Africa with a Scottish name
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This is a list of placenames in Scotland which have subsequently been applied to parts of South Africa by Scottish emigrants or explorers.
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Eastern Cape
- Aberdeen
- Albany, South Africa (named after Albany, New York, in turn from the Gaelic name for Scotland, Alba)
- Cathcart (George Cathcart)
- Grahamstown (John Graham (British Army officer))
KwaZulu-Natal (native)
Kelso, Kwazulu, South Africa
Gauteng
- Suburbs of Johannesburg [1]
- Abbotsford
- Argyll
- Atholl
- Balmoral
- Birnam
- Blairgowrie
- Brushwood Haugh (Haugh being a Lowland Scots word for meadow)
- Buccleuch
- Craighall
- Douglasdale
- Dunkeld
- Dunnotar
- Dunvegan
- Glen Atholl
- Glen Esk
- Heriotdale
- Kelvin
- Melrose
- Melville
- Moffat View
- Morningside
- Morningside Manor
- Strathavon
- Towns on the East Rand
- Suburbs of Johannesburg [1]
Mpumalanga
- Balfour (formerly "McHattiesburg")
North West Province
Northern Cape
Western Cape
- Arniston (Arniston, Midlothian)
- Clanwilliam
- Elgin
- Gordon's Bay
- McGregor
- Napier
- Pringle Bay
- Robertson (Rev William Robertson)
- Suburbs of Cape Town [2]
- Airlie
- Balvenie
- Bellville (after Charles Davidson Bell, Surveyor-General of the Cape from 1848 to 1872)
- Bonnie Brook (Burn is the normal form in Scotland)
- Brackenfell
- Clunie
- Crawford
- Crofters' Valley
- Dunoon
- Dunrobin
- Glencairn
- Lochiel
- Schotsche Kloof - Afrikaans for "Scottish Ravine".
- St Kilda
- The Glen
- Finlay's Point
- Murray's Bay, on Robben Island, named after John Murray, a Scottish whaler [3]