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The word trek has entered the English language as one of few words derived from Afrikaans. It means a long, hard journey, and is derived from the Middle Dutch trecken (meaning to pull or haul).

Trek may also refer to:
  • The Great Trek, a migration of South Africa's Boers
  • Star Trek, a popular science fiction franchise
  • Trekking, a form of hiking, a multi-day, often arduous hike especially in mountainous regions
  • Trek Bicycle Corporation, an American bicycle manufacturer
  • The movement to the Salt Lake Valley by Mormon Pioneers
  • The Trek, nightclub in Seaford, England
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Writing system: Latin (English variant) 
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Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng  
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Writing system: Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: dum
ISO 639-3: dum Middle Dutch
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Great Trek was an eastward and north-eastward migration during the 1830s and 1840s of the segment of Afrikaners (known as Boers or Boere (Dutch/Afrikaans for "farmers"), who descended from settlers from western mainland Europe, most notably from the Netherlands.
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Backpacking (also tramping or trekking or bushwalking in some countries) combines hiking and camping in a single trip. A backpacker hikes into the backcountry to spend one or more nights there, and carries supplies and equipment to satisfy sleeping and eating
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Trek Bicycle Corporation.

Private
Founded 1976
Headquarters Waterloo, Wisconsin

Key people John Burke, President
Industry Bicycles
Products Bicycle and Related Components
Revenue undisclosed
Employees undisclosed
Website www.trekbikes.
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Mormon pioneers were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as Latter-day Saints, who migrated across the United States from the midwest to the Salt Lake Valley in what is today the U.S. state of Utah.
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