Cape.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
Where this word comes from
English surname, from the noun cape. Also found in French as Capé.
Ellipsis of Cape of Good Hope.
Ellipsis of Cape Province: a former province of South Africa, split into three in 1994.
This is my maat Marius; he just moved to Joburg from the Cape.
Ellipsis of Cape Cod.
Ellipsis of Cape Colony.
Ellipsis of Cape Canaveral: a peninsula in Florida, United States, where the major U.S. spaceflight complex is located.
Where this word comes from
English surname, from the noun cape. Also found in French as Capé.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.