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Capetonian

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation: /keɪpˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
  • General-American: /keɪpˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
  • rhymes with -əʊniən

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Cape Town, South Africa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person from Cape Town.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Kapenaar

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Cape Town (with town changed to -ton) + -ian.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Kapenaar — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Chinese Mandarin: 開普敦人 /开普敦人 (Kāipǔdūn-rén) — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Dutch: Capetoniër — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Dutch: Capetoniaanse — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • French: Capétonien — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • French: Capétonienne — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • German: Kapstädter — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • German: Kapstädterin — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Italian: capetoniano — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Italian: capetoniana — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Japanese: ケープタウン人 (Kēputaun-jin) — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Korean: 케이프타운사람 (Keipeutaunsaram) — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Portuguese: capetoniano — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Portuguese: capetoniana — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Russian: капетонианец (kapetonianec) — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Russian: капетонианка (kapetonianka) — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Spanish: capetoniano — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Spanish: capetoniana — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Swedish: kaptonare — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Xhosa: indoda yaseKapa — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Xhosa: umuntu waseKapa — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town
  • Yiddish: קאַפּעטאָן (kapeton) — person from or inhabitant of Cape Town