Northern Cape

proper noun

A province of South Africa. Capital and largest city: Kimberley. It was created in 1994 when Cape Province was split into three.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A province of South Africa. Capital and largest city: Kimberley. It was created in 1994 when Cape Province was split into three.

    But there is much more to this small Northern Cape town than the bucolic ideal painted by Kleynhans. Incredibly, 25 years after the fall of apartheid, Orania is a place for white people only.

    2019 October 24, Dennis Webster, “'An indictment of South Africa': whites-only town Orania is booming”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2022

Translations

Afrikaans Noord-Kaap
  • Noord-Kaapprovince in South Africa
Catalan Cap Septentrional
  • Cap Septentrionalprovince in South Africa
French Cap-Nord
  • Cap-Nordprovince in South Africa
German Nordkap
  • Nordkapprovince in South Africa
Cite this entry
APA

Northern Cape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Northern%20Cape

MLA

“Northern Cape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Northern%20Cape. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Northern Cape,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Northern%20Cape.

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