Etymology

Cape Coast

Today it means: A city and port in Cape Coast district, in the Central Region of Ghana, site of the Cape Coast Castle World Heritage site. Full definition →

Portuguese Cabo Corso
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The story

  1. Portuguese · derived fromCabo Corso“Short Cape”
  2. English todayCape Coast

Ultimately from Portuguese Cabo Corso (“Short Cape”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.