THE CAPE

Definition: THE CAPE

THE CAPE

1. The Cape of Good Hope, in the general sense of southern extremity of Africa. Also used of Cape Horn, and, in New England, of Cape Cod.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: THE CAPE

The man in the cape -- I bet you he is mixed up in this (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

The Cape Town Affair (1967)

Rabelados - The Non-Violent Rebels of the Cape Verde Island (2001)

The Cape (1996)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• History of the Boers in South Africa; Or, the Wanderings and Wars of the Emigrant Farmers from Their Leaving the Cape Colony to the Acknowledgment of Their Independence by Great Britain. (reference)

• Gray Phantoms of the Cape Fear : Running the Civil War Blockade (reference)

• Atlantic Islands: Madeira, the Azores, and the Cape Verdes in Seventeenth-Century Commerce and Navigation (Studies in the History of Discoveries) (reference)

• The Company Store: James Bryson McLachlan and the Cape Breton Coal Miners 1900-1925 (reference)

• The Exploration of Africa: From Cairo to the Cape (Discoveries) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Cape Town Affair (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• The Cape Breton Connection (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Glenn at the Cape. Credit: NASA.

The CAPE BEVERLY, one of the first commercial tuna vessels outfitted for purse seining operations. This photo was taken on its maiden voyage. Published in: "Purse Seine Revolution in Tuna Fishing", by Richard McNeely, Pacific Fisherman, June 1961. Credit: Fisheries.

GOES G ends in a fiery explosion as the Cape Canaveral Range Safety Officer destroys Delta Launch Vehicle 178 after 91 seconds. Credit: NOAA in Space.

At the edge of the desert off the North African coast, with local camel troops in the foreground, circa late 1923 or early 1924. During her maiden cruise at that time Concord steamed through the Mediterranean Sea and returned to the United States by way of the Suez Canal and the Cape of Good Hope. Credit: NAVY.

At Pavuvu, Russell Islands, 28 April 1944, after bringing veterans of the Cape Gloucester Campaign to a rest camp. LCPs in the foreground, from USS Wayne (APA-54), are being used as water taxiis. Photographed by Fitzgerald. Note SC-2 radar antenna mounted atop Aquarius' forward kingposts. Credit: NAVY.

A Spanish torpedo boat destroyer photographed between mid-April and 29 April, when Cervera's fleet sailed from the Cape Verde Islands for the West Indies. This is either Terror, Furor or Pluton. One of the fleet's colliers is in the background. Credit: NAVY.

Spanish armored cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa photographed between mid-April and 29 April, when she sailed from the Cape Verde Islands for the West Indies. Credit: NAVY.

An elderly Eskimo man, wearing clothes made from caribou skin, in front of dog team watching the Coast Guard icebreaker Eastwind depart the Cape Christian area. Credit: Library of Congress.

Trucks and cars waiting at Little Creek, Virginia for the Cape Charles ferry. Credit: Library of Congress.

On the Cape Charles-Little Creek ferry, Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

The discovery of America, the rounding of the Cape, opened up fresh ground for the rising bourgeoisie. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

We sailed with a fair wind to the Cape of Good Hope, where we stayed only to take in fresh water

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

In the second phase of the project, towards 2004, the consortium exploring Kudu is considering a gas pipeline to Cape Town to drive a new power station in the Western Cape. This could supply Saldanha Steel and South African consumers via the Cape Town municipality. (references)

Children

Cape Verde

In 2000 the Government updated its studies of social policy priorities and legal rights for children and adolescents and restructured the Cape Verdean Institute for Children in accordance with norms in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (references)

Economic History

Cape Verde

Packaging is important to the Cape Verdean consumer. (references)

Cape Verde

Franchises are not a factor as yet in the Cape Verdean business environment. (references)

Human Rights

South Africa

On October 4, seven PAGAD members, including Jeneker and the Maansdorps, escaped from detention at the Cape High Court; Jeneker, the Maansdorps, and one other escapee were recaptured quickly. (references)

South Africa

In September the provincial cabinet secretary for safety and security began an investigation into the killings of 13 UDM members since 1998, primarily in the Cape Flats areas of Nyanga and Philippi. (references)

South Africa

People Against Drugs and Violence (PADAV), the Eastern Cape counterpart to People Against Gangsters and Drugs (PAGAD) in the Cape Town area, clashed with gangsters in and around northern areas (Nelson Mandela Metropole) in Port Elizabeth. (references)

Trade

Cape Verde

Until 1993, the Cape Verdean financial system comprised two public institutions, the Banco de Cabo Verde (BCV) and the Caixa Económica de Cabo Verde (CECV). (references)

Cape Verde

Although the legislation does not foresee any foreign exchange controls affecting trade, in practice, due to the fragility of the Cape Verdean economy, there may be at times some constraining measures. (references)

Travel

Cape Verde

The local currency is the Cape Verdean Escudo (CVE) which is not convertible outside the country. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "THE CAPE": abeam of the cape ♦ the cape of good hope. Additional references.

Finnish

Kapmaa. (various references)

Greek 

πλαγίωσ του ακρωτηρίου (abeam of the cape). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

岬の灯台 (the lighthouse on the cape). (various references)

Pig Latin

ethay apecay.(various references)

Swedish

godahoppsudden (the cape of good hope). (various references)

Turkish

ümit burnu (cape of good hope). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: hepcat, thecae.

-2 letters: chape, chapt, cheap, cheat, cheep, epact, etape, patch, peace, peach, tache, teach, theca.

-3 letters: ache, cape, caph, cate, cepe, cete, chap, chat, each, eath, eche, epha, etch, haet, hate, heap, heat, pace, pact, pate, path, peat, pech, phat, tace, tach, tape, tepa, thae, thee.

-4 letters: ace, act, ape, apt, ate, cap.

+1 letter: apothece, cheapest, petechia.

+2 letters: apotheces, archetype, chapleted, chaptered, hepaticae, pachytene, peachiest, petechiae, petechial, phenacite, repatched, repatches.

+3 letters: antechapel, aphaeretic, archetypes, cheapskate, despatched, despatches, empathetic, hepatocyte, hyperacute, pachytenes, perithecia, phenacetin, phenacites, planchette, polychaete, preachiest, preachment, preethical, telepathic.

+4 letters: antechapels, chamaephyte, champerties, cheapskates, epithetical, hepatectomy, hepatocytes, heptarchies, hyperactive, hypothecate, impeachment, metanephric, outpreached, outpreaches, parenthetic, paresthetic, pentarchies, perchlorate, perithecial, phenacetins, planchettes, polychaetes, preachments, spermatheca, spirochaete, telegraphic, therapeutic.