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Capexit

Capexit proper noun: the secession of Western Cape (as well as sometimes Eastern Cape and Northern Cape) from South Africa.

Proper noun

Capexit

  1. (South Africa) The secession of Western Cape (as well as sometimes Eastern Cape and Northern Cape) from South Africa.
    • CapeXit needs the support of 1.6 million people to request a referendum with the SA government in order to start the process of independence.2021, Erene Roux, "The CapeXit mission: Can this be Brexit for the Western Cape?", The South African, 31 May 2021

Origin of Capexit

Blend of Cape + exit. Modeled after Brexit and Grexit.

Questions about Capexit

What does Capexit mean?
Capexit means the secession of Western Cape (as well as sometimes Eastern Cape and Northern Cape) from South Africa.
What part of speech is Capexit?
Capexit is a proper noun.

Words near Capexit in the dictionary

  1. Capewell
  2. Capewells
  3. capewise
  4. capework
  5. capex
  6. Capexit
  7. capful
  8. capfuls
  9. capgaronnite
  10. Capgras
  11. Capgras delusion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Capexit (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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