Definition of Cape of Good Hope

1. Noun. A point of land in southwestern South Africa (south of Cape Town).

Generic synonyms: Cape, Ness

2. Noun. A province of western South Africa.
Generic synonyms: Province, State

Definition of Cape of Good Hope

1. Proper noun. a cape in southwestern South Africa, near Cape Town. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cape Of Good Hope

Cape Verde escudo
Cape Verde monetary unit
Cape Verdean
Cape Verdean Creole
Cape Verdeans
Cape York
Cape York Peninsula
Cape buffalo
Cape buffalos
Cape dagga
Cape hunting dog
Cape kafferboom
Cape lion
Cape lions
Cape lobster
Cape of Good Hope (current term)
Cape of Good Hope Province
Cape periwinkle
Cape primrose
Cape triangle
Cape triangles
Cape tulip
Capek
Capella
Capet
Capetian
Capetian dynasty
Capeverdean
Capeverdean Crioulo
Capgras

Literary usage of Cape of Good Hope

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1899)
"Cape of Good Hope. Act of the government of the Cape of Good Hope, ... Cape of Good Hope. Act [No. i of 1860] to prevent the introduction into the colony of ..."

2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1863)
"COUNTRIES BEYOND THE Cape of Good Hope. Treasury Department, April 24, 1863. What is the proper interpretation or meaning of the words, " goods, wares, ..."

3. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1858)
"An excellent article on the Cape of Good Hope, with a notice of this valuable ... Cape of Good Hope.—An Account of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, ..."

4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"The Duke of Beaufort presented him to the rectory of Sopworth, Wiltshire, in 1710, but he resigned the Cape of Good Hope, where from 1844 she was almost ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"... Declination and Inclination at London, Cape of Good Hope, St. Helena and ... of outward westerly declination at the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena. ..."

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