False Bay

British  

noun

1. a bay in SW South Africa, near the Cape of Good Hope

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Example Sentences

AFP journalists near the Simon's Town base saw the Russian-flagged corvette vessel pull into False Bay.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

A study from False Bay, in Cape Town, South Africa found the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac in sea lettuce, an edible seaweed.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2021

Spotted eagle owls nest in the camphor trees; prehistoric cycads shade Lady Anne Barnard’s bath; and a superb raised walkway known as the boomslang gives jaw-dropping views across False Bay.

From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2018

When to go: In the morning, as the False Bay coast is close to the mountains and loses the sun early.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2016

After that time, all ships go to False Bay, which is well sheltered from the north-west winds, which blow here with great violence.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert