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Cape Town
/ˈkeɪp ˌtaʊn/
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What does Cape Town mean?
proper noun
- The legislative capital of South Africa.
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/ˈkeɪp ˌtaʊn/
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Cape Town, the only intermediate port of call, was reached on September 24, after a comparatively rapid and uneventful voyage.
From the time she reached the open sea until her arrival at Cape Town on June 9, scientific observations were continued.
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I got them in Cape Town from the two best-informed citizens, men who had made Table Rock the study of their lives.
“We cannot allow it to be said,” the Dean of Cape Town insisted, “that God was not angry and was not appeased by punishment.”
The sea being smooth, she came to anchor in the bay off the city of Cape Town, where she remained a day, simply to rest clear of the bustle of commerce.