| 1. | a cape in S Africa, in the SW Republic of South Africa. |
| 2. | Also called Cape Province. Formerly, Cape Colony. a province in the Republic of South Africa. 6,731,820; 277,169 sq. mi. (717,868 sq. km). Capital: Cape Town. |
| Cape of Good Hope. |
| Good Hope, Cape of A promontory on the southwest coast of South Africa south of Cape Town. It was first circumnavigated in 1488 by Bartolomeu Dias, who named it Cape of Storms. |
Point of land in southern South Africa, south of Cape Town. It is the southernmost tip of Africa.