Definition of Cape Ann

1. Noun. A Massachusetts peninsula to the north of Boston extending into the Atlantic Ocean.

Group relationships: Bay State, Ma, Massachusetts, Old Colony
Generic synonyms: Peninsula

Definition of Cape Ann

1. Proper noun. A rocky cape in northeastern Massachusetts ¹

2. Noun. (Canada) An oilskin cap whose brim is longer in back than in front, designed to repel wind and rain.''Dictionary of Newfoundland English'', 1982 ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cape Ann

Cantorianly
Cantor–Bendixson theorem
Canuck
Canuckiana
Canucks
Canute
Canute the Great
Canyonlands
Canyonlands National Park
Cao Dai
Caodaiist
Caodaiists
Caodaism
Cap(m(7)GpppXm) endonuclease
Cap-Haïtien
Cape Ann (current term)
Cape Breton
Cape Breton Island
Cape Canaveral
Cape Cod
Cape Cod Bay
Cape Cod Canal
Cape Cod and the Islands
Cape Codder
Cape Codders
Cape Colony
Cape Fear
Cape Fear River
Cape Flattery
Cape Girardeau

Literary usage of Cape Ann

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

1. History of New England by John Gorham Palfrey, Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1899)
"engaged Conant "to be their governor" at Cape Ann, with " the charge of all their affairs, as well fishing as planting." With Lyford they agreed that he ..."

2. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1901)
"JMap of Gloucester and Cape Ann. 25 cents. Souvenir of Gloucester. 4-O cents. Stereoscopic Views of Cape Ann Scenery. 1OOO subjects. $2. ..."

3. American Poetry by Percy Holmes Boynton, Frank Martindale Webster, George Wiley Sherburn, Howard M. Jones (1918)
"THE GARRISON OF Cape Ann From the hills of home forth looking, far beneath the tent-like span Of the sky, I see the white gleam of the headland of Cape Ann. ..."

4. The New England Gazetteer: Containing Descriptions of the States, Counties by John Hayward (1857)
"42° 1У 48". Lon. 70J 57' 41". Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea, 80 feet. Ten Pound Island. On Ten Pound Island, in Cape Ann, or Gloucester harbor. ..."

5. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"Cape Ann, Massachusetts, III. 740. CAPE BAB-EL-MANDEE, Arabia, III. 740. Cape badger, animal, IX. 138, 1 c. CAPE BLANCO, W. Africa, III. 740. ..."

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