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Cape

proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname.

Etymology

English surname, from the noun cape. Also found in French as Capé.

proper noun

  1. 1

    Variant of Cape of Good HopeEllipsis of Cape of Good Hope.

  2. 2

    Variant of Cape ProvinceEllipsis of Cape Province: a former province of South Africa, split into three in 1994.

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

  3. 3

    Variant of Cape CodEllipsis of Cape Cod.

  4. 4

    Variant of Cape ColonyhistoricalEllipsis of Cape Colony.

  5. 5

    Variant of Cape CanaveralEllipsis of Cape Canaveral: a peninsula in Florida, United States, where the major U.S. spaceflight complex is located.

Forms

plural
Capes
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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