Roger Letty, will disappear myself for a while too.
Rock of Gibraltar, Europe?
No, not Scotland, Mr. Roo.
Not Gibraltar, Dutchy
Not Asia, Dutchy. Hint: How is this instrument classified?
What a hint.
Cape Horn, South America?
You got it, Dutchy. Love it! Wonder why they are called "capes"?
Your turn.
Letty there are various Capes around the world, Cape Horn, Cape of Good hope just to name a few. I'm convinced the word Cape comes from the Dutch word "Kaap" Most of the Capes were named by Dutch explorers, Cape Horn, in Dutch reads "Kaap Hoorn", named after the town of Hoorn in Holland. Cape of Good Hope, in Dutch reads Kaap de Goede Hoop. This name was given by the Dutch as they returned from the East Indies and turned the corner near the bottom of the African continent. Synonyms for Kaap literally translated into English are 'landtongue' and 'first mountain'. Will post a picture shortly.
Dutchy wrote:Cape of Good Hope, in Dutch reads Kaap de Goede Hoop. This name was given by the Dutch as they returned from the East Indies and turned the corner near the bottom of the African continent.
If you believe this, Dutchy, you have a long way to go...
This "Cabo da Boa Esperança"(Cap of Good Hope) had this name since 1487 and by the Portuguese.
The first Dutch settler there was Jan van Riebeeck in 1652...
Cap, cape, kaap, kap, cabo .... all come from Latin caput, late Latin cappa = head.
Willie Paff called my beach chair a caputa stool because it was broken beyond repair. What a funny man.
Greenland, Dutchy?
That's perhaps from the German "kaputt" which comes from the French capot ...
and capoter is to fail or fall broken...
Iceland is correct Letty, do you know the name of the 'town'?
(Francis re Cape town, that's what we were taught at school, national pride I guess)
