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Cape Town

Definition:

port city in southwestern South Africa; the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South Africa

Class:

location noun (spatial position)

Original source:

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Wikipedia:

Cape Town
(Coordinates: 33.92528°S 18.42389°E)

Summary:

the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the largest in land area, forming part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. It's the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape, as well as the legislative capital of ...  (41 of 8119 words, 25 images)

Columbia:

Cape Town | Capetown

Summary:

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 ...  (26 of 289 words)

Wikipedia:

Cape Town (disambiguation)

Summary:

Cape Town is the second-largest city in South Africa. Cape Town may also refer to the following: City of Cape Town, the metropolitan municipality that includes Cape Town and its suburbs | Cape Town railway station, the terminal railway station in ...  (40 of 102 words, 4 senses)

Britannica:

Cape Town

Summary:

City, legislative capital of the Republic of South Africa. It's also the capital of Western Cape province. Located on Table Bay, Cape Town has long ...  (25 of 101 words)

Encarta:

Cape Town | Kaapstad [Afrikaans]

Summary:

legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape Province. It's situated at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula at the foot of Table ...  (26 of 43 words, pronunciation)

Merriam-Webster:

Cape Town | Capetonian

Summary:

city & port, legislative * of Republic of South Africa on Table Bay; formerly * of Cape of Good Hope population 776,617  (22 of 33 words, pronunciation)

Random House:

Cape Town | Kaapstad [Cape'town".Afrikaans]

Summary:

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. 1,108,000.  (26 of 30 words)

Wiktionary:

Cape Town

Summary:

The legislative capital of South Africa.  (6 of 8 words)

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