Mother City

British  

noun

1. an informal name for Cape Town

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Example Sentences

With Bantry Bay being a relatively wind-free part of the Mother City, Mr. Ellerman knew exactly where to lay his foundation.

From Forbes • May 6, 2015

For on this night Prince Gregoriev had vowed a triumph over the massed society of the Mother City.

From The Genius by Potter, Margaret Horton

If the claim of Canterbury to be the "Mother City" of the Anglo-Saxon race be granted, few will deny to Winchester the honour of being her eldest and her fairest daughter.

From Winchester by Haslehust, E. W.

And in short, for the truth must be told, London is properly your Mother City too,—verily you have about as much to do with it, in spite of Polk and Q. Victory, as I had!

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Carlyle, Thomas

These are the men from Winnipeg, the Mother City of the North.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey