Eastern Cape

British

noun

Also called: Eastern Province. a province of S South Africa; formed in 1994 from the E part of the former Cape Province: service industries, agriculture, and mining. Capital: Bhisho (formerly Bisho). Pop: 7 088 547 (2004 est). Area: 169 600 sq km (65 483 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

As the supercontinent Gondwana began to break apart near the end of the Jurassic Period and into the early Cretaceous Period, smaller basins formed in what are now the Western Cape and Eastern Cape.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

Tracks from the Triassic and Jurassic periods are common in Lesotho and nearby regions of South Africa, including the Free State and Eastern Cape.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

The second, and main cohort, will help with operations in the Eastern Cape, Free State, North West and Western Cape provinces from 1 April for a year.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Dr Adam says water mafias first arose elsewhere in South Africa, in KwaZulu Natal and the Eastern Cape.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

In the evening we passed the Eastern Cape, or the point above mentioned, from which the coast changes its direction, and trends S.W.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023