Cape (English spelling)

Japanese: ケープ（英語表記）Cape

A former province that occupied the southwestern half of the Republic of South Africa (about 60% of the country). Its official name is Cape of Good Hope. In Afrikaans it is called Kaapprovinsie. The capital at that time was Cape Town. It borders Namibia and Botswana to the north, and Lesotho to the northeast. In 1652 the Dutch East India Company established a settlement there, and in 1814 it became the British Cape Colony. It became a province after the Union of South Africa was established in 1910. Most of the province is on the inland plateau of South Africa, and is separated from the coastal lowlands to the east, south, and west by large escarpments that run parallel to the coastline at distances of 200 to 300 km. Of these escarpments, the Drakensberg Mountains, which form the border with Lesotho, are the highest and steepest, at about 3,000 m above sea level. In the south, there are large and small Karoo plateaus between the large escarpments and the mountain ranges along the coast, and the development of long, narrow river valleys between the eastern coast and the plateau is also characteristic. The southern and southwestern coastal regions, centered on Cape Town, have a Mediterranean climate, and intensive agriculture, including the cultivation of cereals, grapes, fruits, and tobacco, is practiced. The Karoo Plateaus are a sheep-farming region, while the Eastern Plateau is an extensive cattle-farming region. The inland plateau is rich in mineral resources, and industry accounts for the majority of production in the Cape Town and Port Elizabeth areas. In 1994, the region was divided into three provinces: the Western Cape, the Eastern Cape, and the Northern Cape, as well as part of the North-West Province.

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In a broad sense, it is a general term for a sleeveless coat made of cloth or fur. In a narrow sense, it refers to a short coat that covers the shoulders and reaches waist-length. It is characterized by opening at the front. Currently, it is mainly for women, but in the Middle Ages and early modern times, it was used by both men and women. The Japanese word kappa is a corrupted word of the Portuguese word capa, which means cape.

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Japanese:

南アフリカ共和国の南西半（国土の約 60%）を占めた，かつての州。正式名称は Cape of Good Hope。アフリカーンス語では Kaapprovinsie。当時の州都はケープタウン。北はナミビアとボツワナ，北東部はレソトに国境を接する。1652年オランダ東インド会社が進出，1814年イギリス領ケープ植民地となり，1910年の南アフリカ連邦成立以降に州となった。大部分は内陸高原の南アフリカ台地上にあり，東，南，西の海岸低地とは，海岸線から 200～300km隔たって平行に走る大断崖によってかぎられる。この大断崖のうち，レソトとの境をなすドラケンスベルク山脈は標高約 3000mあり，最も高く険しい。南部では，大断崖と海岸に沿った山脈との間に大小のカルー台地があり，東部海岸と台地との間の河川の狭長な縦谷列の発達も特色。ケープタウンを中心とする南部および南西部海岸地方は地中海性気候で，穀類やブドウの栽培，果物，タバコの集約的農業が行なわれ，両カルー台地は牧羊，東部台地は粗放的な牧牛地帯。内陸高原は鉱産資源が豊富で，工業はケープタウンおよびポートエリザベス地区で生産額の大部分を占めた。1994年，西ケープ州，東ケープ州，北ケープ州の 3州および北西州の一部へと分割された。