Cape of Good Hope

American  

[keyp uhv good hohp] / ˈkeɪp əv ˈgʊd ˈhoʊp /

noun

1. a cape in southern Africa, in the southwestern part of the Republic of South Africa.

2. Formerly Cape Colony.  Also called Cape Province.  a province in the Republic of South Africa. 277,169 sq. mi. (717,868 sq. km). Cape Town.

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Cape of Good Hope British  

noun

1. a cape in SW South Africa south of Cape Town

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Cape of Good Hope Cultural  

1. Point of land in southern South Africa, south of Cape Town. It is the southernmost tip of Africa.

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Example Sentences

Subsequent attacks and the US-Israel conflict with Iran, which has blocked transit through the Strait of Hormuz, have led shipping companies to reroute more of their vessels around the Cape of Good Hope.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

However, some ports and marine services in southern and eastern Africa could benefit from tankers and containers avoiding the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz, and sailing around the Cape of Good Hope.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Shipping companies expanded their fleets during the pandemic and had a couple of years to adapt after the Houthi crisis, and they had already diverted some of their shipping around the Cape of Good Hope.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

The fix to avoid the Red Sea crossing is a rerouting of ships around South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, but that adds days to trips.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Chastened, they sailed on, but en route word reached them that Sumatra had fallen to the French and so they observed the transit inconclusively from the Cape of Good Hope.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson