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Capetonians


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  • Variants

    • Caapies (City of Cape Town)
    • Cape Town, South Africa, residents
    • Capenaars (City of Cape Town)
    • Capers (City of Cape Town)
    • Capetownians
    • Capeys (City of Cape Town)
    • Capies (City of Cape Town)
    • Kaapenaars (City of Cape Town)
    • Kaapies (City of Cape Town)
    • Kapenaars (City of Cape Town)
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  • Sources

    • found: Work cat.: Farah, Nuruddin. North of dawn, 2018:p. 373 (Nuruddin Farah, Cape Town) (OCoLC)1028823942
    • found: Farah, Nuruddin. Crossbones, 2012:t.p. (Nuruddin Farah) p. 4 of cover (born in Baidoa, Somalia; lives in Cape Town)
    • found: Wikipedia, Feb. 21, 2023(Nuruddin Farah; Somali novelist; currently resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Cape Town, South Africa)
    • found: Dickson, P. Labels for locals, 2006(Cape Town, South Africa: Capetonian)
    • found: Merriam-Webster dictionary online, Feb. 21, 2023(under Cape Town: Capetonian, noun)
    • found: A dictionary of South African English on historical principles, via WWW, Feb. 21, 2023:Capetonian (Capetonian n. Also occas. Capetownian: A resident of Cape Town; also called Capey (sense 2)) Capey (Capey n. colloq. Also Ca(a)pie, Cape-jie): 2. An inhabitant of the Western Cape, or of the city of Cape Town; cf. Kaapenaar sense 1. See also Capetonian. Usage examples: "If there ever has to be a roll call of Capeys in Durban it'll have to be on a scroll to contain all the names"; "You Caapies seem to think yours is the only town with some sort of scenic beauty"; "Johannesburg!..the city so scorned by Kaapies and Banana-boys") Kaapenaar (Kaapenaar n. Also Capenaar, Kapenaar. An inhabitant of Cape Town, or of the Cape Peninsula and its environs; an inhabitant of the Cape Province; Capeite, see Cape; Caper sense 1. Cf. Capey sense 2; usage examples: "'Kaapenaars,' as the Dutch and other natives of Cape Town delight to call themselves") Caper (Caper n. Obs. exc. hist. 1. Kaapenaar sense 1)
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    • [Established April 2023.]
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  • Change Notes

    • 2023-02-21: new
    • 2023-04-28: revised
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