the cape of good hope

  • 81Cape Dutch — noun historical the form of Dutch spoken by the early settlers at the Cape of Good Hope, which developed into Afrikaans …

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  • 82The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe — Infobox Book | name = The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe title orig = translator = author = Daniel Defoe cover artist = country = England language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = W Taylor release date = 1719 media type = Print …

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  • 83Cape pondweed — an aquatic plant, Aponogeton distachyus, of the Cape of Good Hope, having floating leaves and tiny, fragrant white flowers. Also called water hawthorn. * * * …

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  • 84cape — noun (C) 1 a long loose piece of clothing without sleeves that fastens around your neck and hangs from your shoulders 2 a large piece of land surrounded on three sides by water: the Cape of Good Hope …

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  • 85The evening star — Evening E ven*ing, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See {even}, n., and cf. {Eve}.] 1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sun. [1913 Webster] In the ascending scale Of… …

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  • 86The Phantom Ship — Infobox Book name = The Phantom Ship title orig = translator = image caption = author = Frederick Marryat illustrator = cover artist = country = language = English series = subject = genre = Gothic novel publisher = E.L. Carey A. Hart pub date =… …

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  • 87good — /good/, adj., better, best, n., interj., adv. adj. 1. morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man. 2. satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree: a good teacher; good health. 3. of high quality; excellent. 4. right; proper; fit:… …

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  • 88cape — cape1 [kāp] n. [Fr < OProv capa < LL cappa, cape, hooded cloak] a sleeveless outer garment hanging over the back and shoulders and often fastening at the neck cape2 [kāp] n. [ME & OFr < ML caput, headland < L, HEAD] a piece of land… …

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  • 89Cape (disambiguation) — Cape commonly refers to an article of clothing and The Cape often refers to a headland, a type of geographic feature, but either may also refer to:In places: * In Africa: ** Cape Agulhas, southern tip of Africa ** Cape Colony, former province at… …

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  • 90HMS Good Hope (1901) — HMS Good Hope was a 14,100 ton Drake class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy; she was originally planned to be named Africa , but was renamed before she was launched. Laid down on 11 September 1899 and launched on 21 February 1901, with her… …

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