Cape

  • 51Cape — (as used in expressions) Cape Fear, río Cape Krusenstern National Monument vizconde Milner (de St. James s y Cape Town) …

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  • 52Cape — This interesting surname is of early medieval English origin, and is a metonymic occupational name for a maker of cloaks or capes, or perhaps a nickname for someone who wore a distinctive one. The derivation is from the Middle English cape, cope …

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  • 53cape — There are two distinct words cape in English, but they may come from the same ultimate source. The earlier, ‘promontory, headland’ [14], comes via Old French cap and Provençal cap from Vulgar Latin *capo, a derivative of Latin caput ‘bead’. Cape… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 54capè — éta m (ȅ ẹ) capin: tisti nesramni cape me je nalagal / kot psovka cape izprijeni / v tej obleki si kot kak cape …

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  • 55cape —   1. Geographical. Lae, ōlae, oi oina.    ♦ A place with many capes, ōlaelae, ālaelae.   2. Garment. Kīhei, ahu, kīpuka, koloka;    ♦ feather cape, ahu ula;    ♦ decorated cape, kīhei a ahu no eno e;    ♦ tapa cape, pa ipa inahā …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 56cape — There are two distinct words cape in English, but they may come from the same ultimate source. The earlier, ‘promontory, headland’ [14], comes via Old French cap and Provençal cap from Vulgar Latin *capo, a derivative of Latin caput ‘bead’. Cape… …

    Word origins

  • 57cape — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English cap, from Anglo French cape, from Old Occitan cap, from Latin caput head more at head Date: 14th century 1. a point or extension of land jutting out into water as a peninsula or as a… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 58cape — I noun a woolen cape Syn: cloak, mantle, cope, wrap, stole, poncho, shawl, tippet, capelet; historical pelisse, mantelet II noun the ship rounded the cape Syn: headland, promontory, point, spit …

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  • 59cape — I noun a woollen cape Syn: cloak, mantle, poncho II noun the ship rounded the cape Syn: headland, promontory, point, head, horn, mull, peninsula …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 60cape — UK [keɪp] / US noun [countable] Word forms cape : singular cape plural capes 1) a large area of land that continues further out into the sea than the land it is part of. This word is often used in the names of places. 2) a loose piece of clothing …

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