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cape

a headland or promontory

Cape the

1. the SW region of South Africa, in Western Cape province

2. See Cape of Good Hope

cape [kāp]

(geography)

A prominent point of land jutting into a body of water. Also known as head; headland; mull; naze; ness; point; promontory.

Cape

the part of a shoreline that projects into a sea, lake, or river. It may be composed of bedrock or alluvium. In the latter case, capes are usually low and represent the tips of coastal aggradational forms.

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No references found			He might have carried him round by the way of the Cape of Good Hope. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context The members of the Cape Pleasant Club were easygoing refugees from other and more exacting clubs, men who pottered rather than raced round the links; men, in short, who had grown tired of having to stop their game and stand aside in order to allow perspiring experts to whiz past them. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context She got up to rouse herself, and slipped off her plaid and the cape of her warm dress. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context			capacitor bank capacitor box capacitor color code capacitor hydrophone capacitor loudspeaker capacitor microphone capacitor motor capacitor pickup capacitor start-run motor capacitor-input filter capacitor-resistor unit capacitor-start motor capacity capacity cell capacity correction capacity factor capacity insulation Capacity of Equipment capacity of the wind capacity on demand capacity optimization capacity planning capacity-rate product Capadocia, Guillermo Capaneus Cape Cape Ann house Cape Arago State Park Cape Astronomical Observatory Cape Basin Cape Blanco State Park Cape Breton Cape Breton Highlands National Park Cape Breton Island Cape buffalo Cape Canaveral Cape Cheliuskin cape chisel Cape Coast Cape Cod Cape Cod house Cape Cod National Seashore Cape Cod Rail Trail Cape Colony Cape Coral Cape Dezhnev Cape Disappointment State Park cape doctor Cape Fear River Cape Folded Zone cape foot			CAPCR CAPCRA CAPCS CAPCSD CAPCT CAPCU CAPD CAPD CAPD CAPD CAPDA CAPDAC CAPDAMS CAPDAN CAPDAPE CAPDB CAPDD Capdepont’s Teeth CAPDEV CAPDHHE CAPDI CAPDM CAPDO CAPDP CAPDS CAPDTC CAPDU Cape Cape & Islands Workforce Investment Board Cape Ability Outrigger Ohana, Inc. Cape African Teachers' Association Cape Agulhas cape aloe Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association Cape and Islands Gay and Straight Youth Alliance Cape and Islands Orchid Society Cape and Islands Paranormal Research Society Cape Ann Cape Ann Amateur Radio Association Cape Ann Business Incubator Cape Ann house Cape Ann Transportation Authority Cape Ann Whale Watch Cape Ann, Massachusetts Cape anne Cape Ant-eater Cape Ant-eater Cape Ant-eater Cape April Cape Arago State Park Cape Astronomical Observatory Cape Atlantic Paranormal Research Society Cape baboon Cape baron goose Cape baron goose

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