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Cape Prince of Wales

Cape Prince of Wales proper noun: the westernmost mainland point of the Americas.

Proper noun

Cape Prince of Wales

  1. The westernmost mainland point of the Americas.

Origin of Cape Prince of Wales

Named in 1778 by Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy, presumably for the Prince of Wales at the time, George Augustus Frederick.

Questions about Cape Prince of Wales

What does Cape Prince of Wales mean?
Cape Prince of Wales means the westernmost mainland point of the Americas.
What part of speech is Cape Prince of Wales?
Cape Prince of Wales is a proper noun.

Words near Cape Prince of Wales in the dictionary

  1. Cape Point
  2. Cape porcupine
  3. Cape porcupines
  4. Cape Porpoise
  5. Cape Portland
  6. Cape Prince of Wales
  7. Cape quince
  8. Cape quinces
  9. Cape Raoul
  10. Cape Ray
  11. Cape rock hyrax

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