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Cape Wrath

Cape Wrath proper noun: a headland in the Durness parish of the county of Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC2574).

Proper noun

Cape Wrath

  1. A headland in the Durness parish of the county of Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC2574).
    • Just south of Durness, at Keoldale, is a passenger-ferry across the Kyle of Durness. It links up during the summer months with a minibus service to the lonely Cape Wrath lighthouse, built of granite in 1827 on a headland 400 ft above the sea.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 157

Origin of Cape Wrath

Wrath is derived from Old Norse hvarf ("turning point").

Questions about Cape Wrath

What does Cape Wrath mean?
Cape Wrath means a headland in the Durness parish of the county of Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC2574).
What part of speech is Cape Wrath?
Cape Wrath is a proper noun.

Words near Cape Wrath in the dictionary

  1. Cape wagtails
  2. Cape whitefish
  3. Cape whitefishes
  4. Cape Winelands
  5. Cape Woolamai
  6. Cape Wrath
  7. Cape yellowwood
  8. Cape yellowwoods
  9. Cape York
  10. Cape York Peninsula
  11. cape-pondweed

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