| Álvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca |
a Spanish explorer who, after landing on the cape of Florida in 1528 and being stranded in the Gulf coast region for 8 years, published an account of his survival and interaction with the native peoples under the title "La relación" (1542) (b.1490?--d.1557?). |
| bullfight |
a public show held in an arena in which performers first tease and tire out a bull, and then one person using a cape to draw the bull near tries to kill it with a sword. Bullfighting is popular in Spain and Mexico. |
| C. |
abbreviation of "cape," a point of land jutting into a large body of water (used in a proper name). |
| Cape Horn |
a cape on an island that belongs to Chile, at the extreme southern end of South America. |
| Cape of Good Hope |
a cape on the Atlantic at the southern tip of Africa. |
| Cape Verde |
an African country that is made up of a group of Atlantic islands just west of the Senegal coast. The capital of Cape Verde is Praia. |
| death |
(cap.) the personification of death, usu. in the form of a skeleton wearing a long, black, hooded cape and carrying a scythe. [1/5 definitions] |
| escudo |
the chief monetary unit of Cape Verde, equaling one hundred centavos. [1/3 definitions] |
| foreland |
a part of the land that juts out into the water; promontory; cape. |
| Maleia |
the southeastern promontory of the Peloponnesus, where, in Greek mythology, Odysseus was thrown off course; Cape Maleia. |
| mantelet |
a short sleeveless cloak or cape. |
| mantilla |
a short cape or sleeveless cloak. [1/2 definitions] |
| mayflower |
(cap.) the ship that in 1620 transported Pilgrims from Plymouth, England to the continent of North America at a point that is now Cape Cod in Massachusetts. [1/2 definitions] |
| muleta |
in bullfighting, a short red cape used by a matador to guide the bull just before the kill. |
| pelisse |
an outer garment, such as a cape, that is lined or trimmed with fur. [1/2 definitions] |
| poncho |
a similarly shaped cape, usu. of waterproof material, worn as a raincoat. [1/2 definitions] |
| Praia |
the capital of Cape Verde. |
| Provincetown |
a U.S. town at the tip of Cape Cod in southeastern Massachusetts where English settlers called the Pilgrims first landed in 1620 before sailing to and settling at Plymouth. |
| South Africa |
a country in southern Africa. South Africa has three capitals, one for each main branch of its government. The capitals are Cape Town, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein. |
| veronica2 |
a bullfighting maneuver in which the matador stands still and slowly swings an open cape in front of the charging bull. |
| Xhosa |
a member of one of the Bantu peoples living mainly in Cape Province, South Africa. [1/2 definitions] |