Cape Town

American  

Or Capetown

noun

1. a seaport in and the legislative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the SW part: also capital of Cape of Good Hope province.

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Cape Town British  

noun

1. the legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province, situated in the southwest on Table Bay: founded in 1652, the first White settlement in southern Africa; important port. Pop: 827 219 (2001)

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Cape Town Cultural  

1. Also Capetown; legislative capital of South Africa. (See also Pretoria.)

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Other Word Forms

• Capetonian noun

Example Sentences

"The whole world is connecting, and something that happened 10,000 kilometres away is also in Cape Town or Germany or wherever," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

At an African mining sector conference in Cape Town on Wednesday, Watum rejected accusations he had "sold off" the DRC's mining potential to the United States under a recent agreement between the two countries.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

It has retained its majority shareholding in South African miner Kumba Iron Ore, as well as an interest in a local manganese business and its sprawling wine farm, Vergelegen, outside of Cape Town.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Cape Town, South Africa's second-largest city, infamously came close to "day zero" in the drought of 2018.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

That is how the Xhosa people describe the narrow, windswept outcrop of rock that lies eight miles off the coast of Cape Town.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela