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Cape Town

or Cape·town  (kāp′toun′)
The legislative capital of South Africa, in the extreme southwest part of the country on the Atlantic Ocean. It was founded in 1652 as a supply station for the Dutch East Indies Company.

Cape Town

n
(Placename) the legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province, situated in the southwest on Table Bay: founded in 1652, the first White settlement in southern Africa; important port. Pop: 3 740 026 (2011)

Cape′ Town`


n.
the legislative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the SW part: also capital of Cape of Good Hope province. 855,000.
Cape•to•ni•an (keɪpˈtoʊ ni ən) n.
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Noun1.Cape Town - port city in southwestern South Africa; the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South Africa
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)
Translations

Cape Town

[ˈkeɪp ˈtaʊn] n → Le Cap

Cape Town

n → Città del Capo
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Hy ontvang vele eredoktorsgrade van onder andere die Rhodes Universiteit (1997), Universiteit van Kaapstad (2003), Universiteit van Wes-Kaapland (2003), Universiteit van die Witwatersrand (2004) asook die Universiteit van Kwazulu-Natal (2014).
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skripsie aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad in 1962 (wat nie deur Zuiderent in sy ar tikel vermeld word nie).
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