Cape of Good Hope

Cape of Good Hope
noun
1. a point of land in southwestern South Africa (south of Cape Town)
Instance Hypernyms: ↑cape, ↑ness
2. a province of western South Africa
Instance Hypernyms: ↑state, ↑province

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1. a cape in S Africa, in the SW Republic of South Africa.
2. Also called Cape Province. Formerly, Cape Colony. a province in the Republic of South Africa. 6,731,820; 277,169 sq. mi. (717,868 sq. km). Cap.: Cape Town.

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a mountainous promontory south of Cape Town, South Africa, near the southern extremity of Africa. Sighted toward the end of the 15th century by Bartolomeu Dias, it was sailed around for the first time by Vasco da Gama in 1497

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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