CAPE PROVINCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Cape Province mean? • CAPE PROVINCE (noun)
The noun CAPE PROVINCE has 1 sense:
1. a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa
Familiarity information: CAPE PROVINCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CAPE PROVINCE (noun)
Meaning:
A former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Cape Colony; Cape of Good Hope Province; Cape Province
Instance hypernyms:
province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)
Holonyms ("Cape Province" is a part of...):
Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))
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