Cape Town

American  

Or Capetown

noun

1. a seaport in and the legislative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the SW part: also capital of Cape of Good Hope province.

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Cape Town British  

noun

1. the legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province, situated in the southwest on Table Bay: founded in 1652, the first White settlement in southern Africa; important port. Pop: 827 219 (2001)

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Cape Town Cultural  

1. Also Capetown; legislative capital of South Africa. (See also Pretoria.)

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Other Word Forms

• Capetonian
  noun

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Example Sentences

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Cape Town

"It's not just Cape Town, it's the entire South Africa," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Instead, the contest has been turned on its head by Bavuma's epic 179 and South Africa twice dismissing Australia, setting up a tantalising finale in Cape Town.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Morocco never found the requisite finances and South Africa has up to four separate projects ongoing with different promoters in three different locations, two in Cape Town.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Then there are passengers like the one sitting several rows behind him on a recent flight from Cape Town to Doha.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Warders generally did not treat this lightly, for when a prisoner was charged he was allowed a judicial hearing and, de-pending on the seriousness of the offense, a magistrate was brought in from Cape Town.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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