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Cape Coast

Cape Coast proper noun: a city and port in Cape Coast district, in the Central Region of Ghana, site of the Cape Coast Castle World Heritage site.

Proper noun

Cape Coast

  1. A city and port in Cape Coast district, in the Central Region of Ghana, site of the Cape Coast Castle World Heritage site.
  2. A district in the Central Region of Ghana.

Origin of Cape Coast

Ultimately from Portuguese Cabo Corso (“Short Cape”).

Questions about Cape Coast

What does Cape Coast mean?
Cape Coast means a city and port in Cape Coast district, in the Central Region of Ghana, site of the Cape Coast Castle World Heritage site.
What part of speech is Cape Coast?
Cape Coast is a proper noun.

Words near Cape Coast in the dictionary

  1. Cape Canaveral
  2. Cape Capensis
  3. Cape chestnut
  4. Cape chestnuts
  5. Cape Clear Island
  6. Cape Coast
  7. Cape cobra
  8. Cape cobras
  9. Cape Cod
  10. Cape Cod and the Islands
  11. Cape Cod Bay

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