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Definition of Cape province
1. Noun. 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 Africa.
Generic synonyms: Province, State
Group relationships: Republic Of South Africa, South Africa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cape Province
Literary usage of Cape province
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Education in Africa: A Study of West, South, and Equatorial Africa by the by Thomas Jesse Jones (1922)
"cape province and Natal make much larger provisions for the education of the
non-Europeans ... With the exception of cape province, the present educational ..."
2. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Populations of the Provinces at the 1961 census (preliminary figures) were: Cape
Province ... run in parallel lines from west to east of the cape province. ..."
3. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1922)
"The depression has been most accentuated in cape province, where are the De ...
This gives a value per carat of £7 0.54s. for the cape province stones, ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The Orange and Vaal rivers which separate it from the cape province and the
Transvaal form respectively its southern and northern boundaries; Natal and Ba- ..."
5. Raymond Mhlaba's Personal Memoirs: Reminiscing from Rwanda and Uganda by Raymond Mhlaba, Thembeka Mufamadi, Human Sciences Research Council, Robben Island Museum (2001)
"Bisho I was unanimously elected by the ANC as premier of the Eastern cape province.
This was the result of a decision of the organisation to support my ..."
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