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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Cape of Good Hope

Ships have been rerouted through the Cape of Good Hope.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

Many of the ships taking the Cape of Good Hope route from east to west are likely carrying refined products to Europe, he said.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

They skirt around Africa by following its eastern coast as far as the Cape of Good Hope in southern South Africa before heading back north towards Europe and the Mediterranean.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

The higher cost of longer voyages around the Cape of Good Hope and higher oil prices means that shipping is becoming more expensive, adding to upward inflationary pressures, Clerc said.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

At last, in 1488 Bartolomeu Dias reached the southernmost tip of the continent, which he named the Cape of Good Hope.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton