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

Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi, who chairs the committee, said that during the police operation in Cape Town last Thursday "some foreign nationals... were resisting law enforcement operations".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Rachel and Rodney had dual South African and British citizenship, and owned a seed business in Cape Town.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

In the small coastal town of Kleinmond, 40 kilometres closer to Cape Town, nearly 100 foreigners, most of them Malawian, sought shelter at a local community hall.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Another low-tech solution used successfully in nearby Cape Town is to position spotters, akin to lifeguards, to look out for sharks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Justice Albert Louis Sachs, one of the writers of South Africa’s first democratic constitution, is a resident of Clifton, South Africa, the Cape Town beach community off which the São José sank.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler