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Cape Doctor

Cape Doctor proper noun: the strong, often dry or fair south-easterly wind (southeaster) that blows on the South African coast, especially around the Cape Peninsula.

Proper noun

Cape Doctor

  1. The strong, often dry or fair south-easterly wind (southeaster) that blows on the South African coast, especially around the Cape Peninsula.

Cape Doctor meaning in Tamil

Cape Doctor in Tamil

தென்கிழக்குக் கடுங்காற்று

Origin of Cape Doctor

Named after the Cape and Cape Town; called the "doctor" in connection with a belief that it clears Cape Town of pollution. Compare the Fremantle Doctor.

Questions about Cape Doctor

What does Cape Doctor mean?
Cape Doctor means the strong, often dry or fair south-easterly wind (southeaster) that blows on the South African coast, especially around the Cape Peninsula.
What is Cape Doctor in Tamil?
Cape Doctor in Tamil is தென்கிழக்குக் கடுங்காற்று. See Cape Doctor meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Cape Doctor?
Cape Doctor is a proper noun.

Words near Cape Doctor in the dictionary

  1. Cape Colony
  2. Cape Comorin
  3. Cape Conran
  4. Cape Coral
  5. Cape D'Aguilar
  6. Cape Doctor
  7. Cape Dutch
  8. Cape Elizabeth
  9. Cape elk
  10. Cape elks
  11. Cape Farewell

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Cape Doctor (page history and authors); cape doctor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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