Guardafui

American  

[gwahr-duh-fwee] / ˌgwɑr dəˈfwi /

noun

1. Cape, a cape at the E extremity of Africa.

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Guardafui British  

/ ˌɡwɑːdəˈfuːɪ /

noun

1. a cape at the NE tip of Somalia, extending into the Indian Ocean

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Example Sentences

They showed us islands, which we knew to be such, as the African coast, and Cape Guardafui where we knew it could not be.

From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore

Departing from Cananor, Suarez arrived off Melinda on the 1st of February; where, without landing himself, he sent Antonio de Saldanna to bring away the rich prizes he had formerly made at Cape Guardafui.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

When the ship had rounded Cape Guardafui and fairly entered the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, the alteration of weather conditions was immediate and startling.

From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

It also mentions a hare-like animal, now male then female, and the Somal behind Cape Guardafui tell the same tale of their Cynhyænas.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

In the first place, Berberah is the true key of the Red Sea, the centre of East African traffic, and the only safe place for shipping upon the western Erythroean shore, from Suez to Guardafui.

From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir