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Encyclopedia > Cap Vert

The peninsula of Cap-Vert (Cape Verde, meaning "green point") is the westernmost part of the continent of Africa. It is a rocky promontory extending west from the main sandy areas of Senegal. The capital of Senegal, the large city of Dakar, is located near the tip. Cap-Vert has an excellent harbor, facing Gorée Island.


Cap-Vert was inhabited historically by the Lebou people, a fishing community that still lives on the north coast, at Yoff, near the modern Dakar airport.


The name of the Republic of Cape Verde comes from Cabo Verde which in French is Cap-Vert. The cape and the country were named by the Portuguese.






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Cap Vert, also Cape Verde, peninsula, western Senegal, forming the westernmost part of Africa.
Dakar, city, western Senegal, the country's capital and largest city, on Cap Vert Peninsula (the westernmost point of the African continent) and on...
Rufisque, city, western Senegal, in Dakar Region, on the Atlantic Ocean at the base of the Cap Vert Peninsula near Dakar.
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Cap Vert, peninsula, extending into the Atlantic Ocean, W Senegal; the westernmost point of Africa.
He invented in 1807 the first workable percussion cap for the ignition of gunpowder in firearms.
...characterized by spore-bearing gills on the underside of the umbrella- or cone-shaped cap.
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