1. (noun) United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982)

• ayn rand

2. (noun) a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese

• reef
• witwatersrand

1. (noun) the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents

• south african monetary unit