English noun: Cape Colony | |||
1. | Cape Colony (location) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Cape of Good Hope Province, Cape Province | ||
Instance hypernym | province, state | ||
Part meronym | Republic of South Africa, South Africa | ||