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cape1 / kāp/
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n.
a sleeveless cloak, typically a short one. ∎
a part of a longer
coat or cloak that falls loosely over the shoulders from the neckband.
∎ the pelt
from the head and neck of an animal, for preparation as a hunting trophy.
• v.
[tr.]
skin the head
and neck of (an animal) to prepare a hunting trophy.
DERIVATIVES:
caped
adj.
cape2
• n.
1. a headland or promontory.
∎ (the Cape) the Cape of Good Hope.
∎ (the Cape) Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
∎ (the Cape) the former Cape Province of South
Africa. 2. (Cape) short for
Cape Cod (the style of
house).
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Cape hosts summit to manage migration; 'Chinese Wall' will not stop people moving from poor provinces to Western Cape, says Dyantyi.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Argus (South Africa); 3/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...Eastern and Northern Cape in an effort to ratchet...sit down as the three provinces to unpack issues of...Eastern and Northern Cape provinces. Reasons for the increase...new migrants to the province hail from the Eastern Cape, while 10% came from...will not solve the ...
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Strategy unveiled to tackle housing backlog; Three Cape provinces to sign agreement which seeks joint solutions to migratory 'hot potato'.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Argus (South Africa); 4/20/2007; 700+ words
; ...people into the Western Cape and the burden it places...plan by the three Cape provinces. The MEC for Local...migration into the province of arbout 48 000 people...outflow resulting in provinces losing skilled workers...Northern and Eastern Cape share a lot of these...Cape is ...
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Radical plan to tackle influx into W Cape; 3 provinces agree to co-operate.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Argus (South Africa); 4/20/2007; 700+ words
; ...people into the Western Cape and the burden it places...plan by the three Cape provinces. MEC for Local Government...migration into the province of about 48 000 people...or an outflow with provinces losing skilled workers...Northern and Eastern Cape share a lot of these...Cape ...
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Jewels of the cape: studded with herds of Africa's most desirable plains game, South Africa's Western and Eastern Cape provinces are a hunter's paradise.
Magazine article from: Sports Afield; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...pursuit of desirable species such as Cape kudu and vaal rhebok that occur nowhere...the country's Western and Eastern Cape provinces. It seems as vast and sweeping as...000-acre spread, which supports Cape kudu, red hartebeest, gemsbok...
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The Cape of hope. (Western Cape province of South Africa)(Special Report: Western Cape)
Magazine article from: African Business; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; The Western Cape's rate of growth has outstripped...dream. The Western Cape is a province of opposites. It rains in...centres. People in other provinces, specifically Gauteng, besieged...Dr Wolfgang Thomas of the province's investment agency, Wesgrow, says the Cape's more stable, ...
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Farm workers, agricultural transformation, and land reform in Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Magazine article from: Focus on Geography; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...population, particularly in the Western Cape Province. Since 1994, the government has...in the rural areas of the Western Cape as most blacks and Coloureds (1...of farm workers from the Western Cape, the nation's hearth of white...
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S. African Western Cape province cast shadow of crimes
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 12/15/2004; 570 words
; S. African Western Cape province cast shadow of crimes JOHANNESBURG...the past week could give the Western Cape province a huge knock, particularly...provincial economy every year. The City of Cape Town and the Table Mountain National...
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National Party Wins Western Cape Province
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 5/5/1994; 700+ words
; ...national vote, but at least one province is still up for grabs. In...two of South Africa's nine provinces. The other is the prosperous Western Cape, the only region that voted...colored vote and control of the province. But for all the symbolic...s - the Olympic games. Cape Town is vying to ...
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Fluorite from Riemvasmaak: Northern Cape Province, South Africa.(Province overview)
Magazine article from: The Mineralogical Record; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...northwest of Kakamas in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, between the Orange...people were moved to the Eastern Cape Province where they originally came...living in Namibia and the Eastern Cape. (2) After the local residents...
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Chinese President Meets PM of Western Cape Province
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 4/27/2000; 334 words
; ...said here Wednesday that the Western Cape Province of South Africa and its sister Province...with Prime Minister of the Western Cape Province Gerald Morkel. Jiang described...Province. President Jiang arrived in Cape Town from Pretoria Tuesday afternoon...
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Cape Province
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Cape Province former province, S South Africa. Under...Bay ; the station subsequently became Cape Town. At the time of Van Riebeeck's landing, Cape Province was inhabited by San (Bushmen) and Khoikhoi...
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Cape Town
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Cape Town or Capetown, city (1991 pop. 854,616), legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It was the capital of Cape Province before that province's subdivision in 1994. The city...
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cape
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...x220E; ( the Cape ) Cape Cod, Massachusetts. ∎ ( the Cape ) the former Cape Province of South Africa. 2. ( Cape ) short for Cape Cod (the style of house).
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Western Cape
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Western Cape Province in sw South Africa, bounded by the Indian...Atlantic Ocean to the w . The capital is Cape Town ; other major towns include Simonstown and Stellenbosch. Formerly part of Cape Province, Western Cape was formed in 1994...
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Northern Cape
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Northern Cape Province in sw South Africa; the capital is Kimberley. Northern Cape was created in 1994 from the n part of the former Cape Province . Area: 361,800sq km (139,650sq mi). Pop. (2000 est.) 879,675. http://www.northern-cape.gov.za
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