Cabo Verde

English

Flag of Cabo Verde

Cabo Verde on a globe.

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Cabo Verde (literally “green cape”), from cabo (“cape”) + verde (“green”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑboʊ ˈvɝdeɪ/

Proper noun

Cabo Verde

1. Synonym of Cape Verde: an archipelago and country in West Africa.

Usage notes

See usage notes at Cape Verde.

Translations

Cape Verde — see Cape Verde

See also

• Praia
• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Cabo Verde

1. Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkabo ˈbeɾde/ [ˈkɑ.β̞ʊ ˈβ̞eɾ.ð̞ɪ]
• Hyphenation: Ca‧bo Ver‧de

Proper noun

Cabo Verde m

1. Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• caboverdiano, caboverdiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.bu ˈveʁ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈka.bu ˈveɦ.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.bu ˈveʁ.d͡ʒi/ [ˈka.bu ˈveɦ.d͡ʒi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈka.bu ˈveɾ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈka.bu ˈveʁ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.bo ˈveɻ.de/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.bu ˈveɾ.dɨ/ [ˈka.βu ˈveɾ.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.bu ˈveɾ.dɨ/ [ˈka.βu ˈveɾ.ðɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.bu ˈbeɾ.dɨ/ [ˈka.βu ˈβeɾ.ðɨ]

• (Cape Verde) IPA^(key): /ˌkabu ˈveɾdɨ/

• Audio (Portugal):

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Proper noun

Cabo Verde m

1. Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)
2. A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Usage notes

Cabo Verde is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkabo ˈbeɾde/ [ˌka.β̞o ˈβ̞eɾ.ð̞e]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Audio (Peru):

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• Syllabification: Ca‧bo Ver‧de

Proper noun

Cabo Verde m

1. Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• caboverdiana
• caboverdiano

 

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Cabo Verde

1. Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}