"Cape" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Capes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Cape (plural Capes)
  1. (countable) A surname. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Cape-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames

Proper name

Forms: the Cape [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Cape}} the Cape
  1. (with the definite article, southern Africa) Ellipsis of Cape of Good Hope. Tags: Africa, Southern, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, with the definite article Alternative form of: Cape of Good Hope Translations (the region of the Cape of Good Hope): Kaap (Afrikaans)
    Sense id: en-Cape-en-name-UsCURMnR Disambiguation of 'the region of the Cape of Good Hope': 56 9 13 12 10
  2. (with the definite article, South Africa) Ellipsis of Cape Province., South Africa. Cape Province was split into three in 1994. Tags: South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, with the definite article Alternative form of: Cape Province (extra: South Africa. Cape Province was split into three in 1994.)
  3. (with the definite article) Ellipsis of Cape Cod. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, with the definite article Alternative form of: Cape Cod
    Sense id: en-Cape-en-name-YJID3cu-
  4. (with the definite article, historical, southern Africa) Ellipsis of Cape Colony. Tags: Africa, Southern, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical, with the definite article Alternative form of: Cape Colony
    Sense id: en-Cape-en-name-s-v455Mh
  5. (with the definite article, space flight) Ellipsis of Cape Canaveral., Florida, USA; where the major U.S. spaceflight complex is located. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, with the definite article Alternative form of: Cape Canaveral (extra: Florida, USA; where the major U.S. spaceflight complex is located.) Categories (topical): Space
    Sense id: en-Cape-en-name-RQKXmV6X
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Cape meaning in English (4.9kB)

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      "_dis1": "20 17 25 21 17",
      "word": "Cape boxwood"
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      "_dis1": "20 17 25 21 17",
      "word": "Cape Colony"
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    {
      "_dis1": "20 17 25 21 17",
      "taxonomic": "Physalis peruviana",
      "word": "Cape gooseberry"
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    {
      "_dis1": "20 17 25 21 17",
      "word": "Cape gum"
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      "_dis1": "20 17 25 21 17",
      "word": "Cape lion"
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      "_dis1": "20 17 25 21 17",
      "word": "Cape Malay"
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      "_dis1": "20 17 25 21 17",
      "word": "Cape Muslim"
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      "word": "Cape Province"
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      "_dis1": "20 17 25 21 17",
      "word": "Cape saffron"
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      "_dis1": "20 17 25 21 17",
      "word": "Capesize"
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      "_dis1": "20 17 25 21 17",
      "taxonomic": "Motacilla capensis",
      "word": "Cape wagtail"
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      "_dis1": "20 17 25 21 17",
      "word": "Eastern Cape"
    },
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      "_dis1": "20 17 25 21 17",
      "word": "Northern Cape"
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    },
    {
      "word": "Cape boxwood"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cape Colony"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Physalis peruviana",
      "word": "Cape gooseberry"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cape gum"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cape lion"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cape Malay"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cape Muslim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cape Province"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cape saffron"
    },
    {
      "word": "Capesize"
    },
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    {
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    },
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