English Explanatory Dictionary

Cape Horn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile.

Word forms

Cape Horn

Etymology

Ultimately from Dutch Kaap Hoorn, named after the hometown and flagship (both Hoorn) of Willem Schouten, who was the first to sail around the cape into the Pacific Ocean in 1616.

Derived words

Cape Horner
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