Cape Verde
Syllables: Cape Ver·de/keɪp ˈvɜɹd/
Cape Verde proper noun: an archipelago and country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Cabo Verde. Capital: Praia.
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Proper noun
Cape Verde
- An archipelago and country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Cabo Verde. Capital: Praia.
- In the Cape Verde Islands, the electoral victory of Movement for Democracy ushered out sixteen years of one-party rule.1992, Richard Nixon, “The Southern Hemisphere”, in Seize the Moment, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 250
- Synonyms:
- Cabo Verde
Cape Verde meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Cape Verde in Hindi
- country in Western Africa
- केप वर्डे kep varḍe
Cape Verde in Tamil
- country in Western Africa
- கேப் வர்டி kēp varṭi
Cape Verde in Urdu
- country in Western Africa
- کیپ وَرْڈی kep varḍe
Cape Verde in Bengali
- country in Western Africa
- কেপ ভার্দ kep bhardo
More languagesFewer languages
- Cape Verde in Telugu
- కేప్ వర్దె kēp varde
- Cape Verde in Malayalam
- കേപ്പ് വേർഡ് kēppŭ vēṟḍŭ
- Cape Verde in Kannada
- ಕೇಪ್ ವೆರ್ದೆ kēp verde
- Cape Verde in Sinhala
- කේප් වර්ඩ් kēp warḍ
- Cape Verde in Pashto
- کیپ ورډ kep wərḍ, کېپ ورد kep wərd
- Cape Verde in Tagalog
- Kabo Berde, Cabo Verde
- Cape Verde in Arabic
- كَابُو فِيرْدِي kābū fīrdī, الرَّأْسُ ٱلْأَخْضَر ar-raʔsu l-ʔaḵḍar
- Cape Verde in Malay
- Tanjung Verde
- Cape Verde in Indonesian
- Tanjung Verde
- Cape Verde in Persian
- کاپ وِرد kâp verd
- Cape Verde in Thai
- กาบูเวร์ดี gaa-buu-wee-dii
- Cape Verde in Vietnamese
- Cáp-Ve, Cáp Ve
- Cape Verde in Myanmar
- ကိတ်ဗာဒီ kitbadi
Synonyms of Cape Verde
Origin of Cape Verde
From cape + Portuguese verde (“green”). Partial calque of Portuguese Cabo Verde.
Words formed from Cape Verde
Words that rhyme with Cape Verde
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Questions about Cape Verde
- What does Cape Verde mean?
- Cape Verde means an archipelago and country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Cabo Verde. Capital: Praia.
- What is Cape Verde in Hindi?
- Cape Verde in Hindi is केप वर्डे (kep varḍe). See Cape Verde meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Cape Verde?
- Cape Verde is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Cape Verde?
- Cape Verde is pronounced /keɪp ˈvɜɹd/.
Words near Cape Verde in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Cape Verde (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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