Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cape coast

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: cape -coast
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city and port in Cape Coast district, in the Central Region of Ghana, site of the Cape Coast Castle World Heritage site.

name

A district in the Central Region of Ghana.

Etymology

Ultimately from Portuguese Cabo Corso (“Short Cape”).

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: Cabo Corso

Questions

What does cape coast mean?: A city and port in Cape Coast district, in the Central Region of Ghana, site of the Cape Coast Castle World Heritage site.
Where does cape coast come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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