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    CAPE COLONY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africaplay

    Synonyms:

    Cape Colony; Cape of Good Hope Province; Cape Province

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)

    Holonyms ("Cape Colony" is a part of...):

    Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))

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