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Hout Bay

Hout Bay proper noun: a maritime suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

Proper noun

Hout Bay

  1. A maritime suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

Origin of Hout Bay

From Afrikaans Houtbaai (literally “Wood Bay”).

Questions about Hout Bay

What does Hout Bay mean?
Hout Bay means a maritime suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
What part of speech is Hout Bay?
Hout Bay is a proper noun.

Words near Hout Bay in the dictionary

  1. houswife
  2. houswives
  3. housy
  4. housy-housy
  5. hout
  6. Hout Bay
  7. Houten
  8. Houthalenian
  9. Houthi
  10. Houthis
  11. Houthist

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