*karroo*

n.; pl. Karroos One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations. [ Also karoo. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]