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

Example Sentences

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Cape Town

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

I’m also very close to South Africa, specifically Cape Town and Johannesburg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

In 2019, around 1,300 soldiers were deployed to back up police in the gang-afflicted Cape Flats areas surrounding Cape Town.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

In Cape Town, people gathered in a vigil to honour the victims and called on the government to act.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The campaign spread throughout the Witwatersrand, to Durban, to Port Elizabeth, East London, and Cape Town, and smaller towns in the eastern and western Cape.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela