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Cape Verdean

Cape Verdean adjective: of, from, or pertaining to Cape Verde, the Cape Verdean people or the Cape Verdean language.

Adjective

Cape Verdean (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Cape Verde, the Cape Verdean people or the Cape Verdean language.
    • I hear [...] the surf on the Cape Verdean beaches is incredible.2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 219
    • He was a Cape Verdean boy who identified as Portuguese to differentiate himself from African Americans, despite being nearly the same shade as Davis.2022 April 12, Jazmine Hughes, “Viola Davis, Inside Out”, in The New York Times Magazine
    Synonyms:
    Cabo Verdean

Noun

Cape Verdean (plural Cape Verdeans)

  1. A person from Cape Verde or of Cape Verdean descent.
    • Cape Verdeans waiting with perfect, timeless patience for a boat that may or may not come.2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 295
    • For Helio Batalha, a 27-year-old hip-hop artist who performed at the music expo, that blending of cultures and history has led to a form of identity crisis for young Cape Verdeans.2016 May 4, Saskia de Rothschild, “An Atlantic Archipelago’s Main Export: Music”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    Cabo Verdean

Proper noun

Cape Verdean

  1. A creole language spoken in Cape Verde.

Synonyms of Cape Verdean

Forms of Cape Verdean

Adjective
alternative formCapeverdean
Noun
pluralCape Verdeans

Origin of Cape Verdean

From Cape Verde + -an.

Questions about Cape Verdean

What does Cape Verdean mean?
Cape Verdean means of, from, or pertaining to Cape Verde, the Cape Verdean people or the Cape Verdean language.
What part of speech is Cape Verdean?
Cape Verdean can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Cape Verdean in the dictionary

  1. Cape triangles
  2. Cape Tribulation
  3. Cape tulip
  4. Cape Verde
  5. Cape Verde Time
  6. Cape Verdean
  7. Cape Verdean Creole
  8. Cape Verdeanness
  9. Cape Verdeans
  10. Cape wagtail
  11. Cape wagtails

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