Etymology

Hout Bay

Today it means: A maritime suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. Full definition →

Afrikaans Houtbaai
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The story

  1. Afrikaans · borrowed fromHoutbaai
  2. English todayHout Bay

From Afrikaans Houtbaai (literally “Wood Bay”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.