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Cape Dutch

Cape Dutch noun: the people of the Western Cape of South Africa, descended from Dutch and other European immigrants and their Asian and African slaves, who remained more or less loyal subjects of European powers into the 19th century.

Noun

Cape Dutch pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The people of the Western Cape of South Africa, descended from Dutch and other European immigrants and their Asian and African slaves, who remained more or less loyal subjects of European powers into the 19th century.
  2. (South Africa, dated, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, plural) Afrikaner people

Proper noun

Cape Dutch

  1. A Dutch dialect of South Africa, which developed into Afrikaans.

Questions about Cape Dutch

What does Cape Dutch mean?
Cape Dutch means the people of the Western Cape of South Africa, descended from Dutch and other European immigrants and their Asian and African slaves, who remained more or less loyal subjects of European powers into the 19th century.
What part of speech is Cape Dutch?
Cape Dutch can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Cape Dutch in the dictionary

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

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