- Cape Colony
- geographical name see Cape of Good Hope 2
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Cape Colony
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Cape Colony — former name for CAPE PROVINCE … English World dictionary
Cape Colony — One of the original provinces of the Union of South Africa. Originally founded by the Dutch East India Company in 1652 to supply its fleets headed to the East Indies with fresh food, Cape Colony had fallen into British hands by the start of… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
Cape colony — Founded in 1652 under the direction of Jan van Riebeeck as a small settlement of the Dutch East India Company for the benefit of eastbound ships, the Cape Colony expanded in the late 18th century to the north and east of South Africa. Since… … Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands
Cape Colony Inn — (Провинстаун,США) Категория отеля: 2 звездочный отель Адрес: 280 Bradford Street, Пр … Каталог отелей
Cape Colony — Cape′ Col ony n. geg former name of Cape of Good Hope 2) … From formal English to slang
Cape Colony — former name of Cape of Good Hope. * * * ▪ British colony, South Africa British colony established in 1806 in what is now South Africa. With the formation of the Union of South Africa (1910), the colony became the province of the Cape of… … Universalium
CAPE COLONY — (1,527), comprises the extremity of the African continent south of the Orange River and Natal, and is nearly twice the size of the United Kingdom; the Nieuwveld Berge, running E. and W., divides the country into two slopes, the northern slope… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Cape Colony — noun a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa • Syn: ↑Cape Province, ↑Cape of Good Hope Province • Instance… … Useful english dictionary
Cape Colony — /keɪp ˈkɒləni/ (say kayp koluhnee) noun former name of Cape Province …
