Guardafui

[ gwahr-duh-fwee ]

noun

1. Cape, a cape at the E extremity of Africa.

Guardafui

/ ˌɡwɑːdəˈfuːɪ /

noun

1. Cape Guardafui
   a cape at the NE tip of Somalia, extending into the Indian Ocean

Example Sentences

In this region the curve of minimum intensity is nearly parallel to the magnetic equator, which intersects the Continent of Africa near Cape Guardafui—according to Rochet d'H�ricourt, in lat.

From Project Gutenberg

The narrative of Eudoxus was exaggerated by Pliny and Pomponius Mela into the story that the navigator had actually accomplished, in his own person, the voyage round Africa from the Red Sea to Gades; but his achievements may be limited thus: Two voyages from Egypt to India; a short distance of African coasting beyond Guardafui, probably not as far as Zanzibar; a short distance on the west coast beyond the S.W. coast of our Marocco, probably not beyond Cape Non, or at furthest Cape Bojador.

From Project Gutenberg

The Somal tribes occupy the country described as the great eastern horn of Africa, which terminates at Cape Guardafui.

From Project Gutenberg

The extreme points of land upon the several coasts are Cape Bon upon the north, Cape Verd upon the west, Cape of Good Hope upon the south, and Cape Guardafui upon the east.

From Project Gutenberg

Many a sailor shanghaied at Aden, has been carried round Cape Guardafui, easternmost point of Africa, and down its coast to Zanzibar, without ever knowing that after passing the Cape he sailed for 1,000 miles past the Italian protectorate of Somaliland.

From Time Magazine Archive