Northern Cape

noun

1. the largest but least populated province in South Africa, in the NW part of the country; created in 1994 from part of Cape Province: agriculture, mining (esp diamonds). Capital: Kimberley. Pop: 899 349 (2004 est). Area: 139 703 sq km (361 830 sq miles)

Example Sentences

On the northern cape of the Gate, Point Bonito, are three 16-inch rifles mounted in a similar way.

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Crossing the mouth of the bay they clambered up its high northern cape, which they called Brevoort.

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On the thirtieth, we made St. Marys, being the northern cape at the entrance of the river.

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On we sailed; but still the northern cape we wished to double seemed a long way off.

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Nordenskjold was the first navigator to137 double Cape Chelyuskin, the northern cape of Asia.

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