Cape Town

Or Capetown

noun

1. a seaport in and the legislative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the SW part: also capital of Cape of Good Hope province.

Cape Town

noun

1. 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: 827 219 (2001)

Cape Town

1. Also Capetown; legislative capital of South Africa. (See also Pretoria.)

Other Word Forms

• Capetonian noun

Example Sentences

A prominent South African MP fired shots to fend off a violent attack by a gang on him and two of his colleagues in Cape Town.

From BBC

Cape Town’s leaders have since invested in developing infrastructure to pump groundwater, and in cutting down invasive water-sapping trees to boost reservoirs.

From Los Angeles Times

Steyn, who joined the Junior Society in April 2023, flew all the way from Cape Town, South Africa, for the occasion.

From Los Angeles Times

There is a rival bid in South Africa, for a street race in Cape Town.

From BBC

In the 19th and early 20th Centuries Swedish explorers, ethnographers and botanists would pay to travel on British ships to Cape Town and then make their way inland by rail and foot.

From BBC