Cape

See also: cape, capé, cápe, and çapë

English

Proper noun

Cape (plural Capes)

1. (countable) A surname​.

Proper noun

the Cape

1. (with the definite article, southern Africa) Ellipsis of Cape of Good Hope
2. (with the definite article, South Africa) Ellipsis of Cape Province, South Africa. Cape Province was split into three in 1994.

   This is my maat Marius; he just moved to Joburg from the Cape.

3. (with the definite article) Ellipsis of Cape Cod
4. (with the definite article, historical, southern Africa) Ellipsis of Cape Colony
5. (with the definite article, spaceflight) Ellipsis of Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA; where the major U.S. spaceflight complex is located.

Translations

the region of the Cape of Good Hope

• Afrikaans: Kaap (af)

Derived terms

Cape of Good Hope

• Cape Colony
• Cape Province
• Capesize

 

Cape Province

• Eastern Cape
• Northern Cape
• Western Cape

 

Anagrams

• APEC, EAPC, EPAC, EPCA, PACE, PECA, Pace, pace