Kapp Verde

Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|The flag of Cape Verde. thumb|Cape Verde in Africa. thumb|A landscape on the island of Santiago in Cape Verde. Etymology nb pt Cabo Verde Cape Verde, from Portuguese pt cabo cape + pt verde green, literally “green cape”. The Portuguese name originally referred to the Cap-Vert Cape Verde Peninsula in present-day Senegal; the archipelago was subsequently named after the peninsula. Compare nn Kapp Verde, da Kap Verde, sv Kap Verde, de Kap Verde, fi Kap Verde and en Cape Verde. Pronunciation nb /¹kapː ˈʋærdə/ [kapː ˈʋæ̀ɖə] nb ærdə 3 nb Kapp Ver de Proper noun nb proper noun 1 Cape Verde; nb country r/West Africa cont/Africa Praia, consisting of an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. nb Kapp Verde ble selvstendig fra Portugal i 1975. Cape Verde became independent from Portugal in 1975. nb 21 July 2026 Kapp Verde Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Kapp_Verde Kapp Verde er en republikk i Vest-Afrika. Cape Verde is a republic in West Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20251206023036/https://snl.no/Kapp_Verde 6 December 2025 Cape Verde; nb archipelago, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa. nb Santiago er den største øya i Kapp Verde. Santiago is the largest island in Cape Verde. nb 26 March 2026 Svein Askheim Kapp Verdes geografi Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Kapp_Verdes_geografi Kapp Verde er ei vulkansk øygruppe på 4033 kvadratkilometer som ligger mellom 450 og 640 kilometer utenfor kysten av Vest-Afrika. Cape Verde is a volcanic archipelago of 4,033 square kilometres, located between 450 and 640 kilometres off the coast of West Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20250528022318/https://snl.no/Kapp_Verdes_geografi 28 May 2025 Usage notes The official Norwegian long-form name is Republikken Kapp Verde (“the Republic of Cape Verde”). Derived terms nb kappverder a Cape Verdean nb kappverdisk Cape Verdean See also References “Kapp Verde” in Store norske leksikon. “Kapp Verdes geografi” in Store norske leksikon. “Navn på stater” at Språkrådet. nb exonyms Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology From nn pt Cabo Verde. Proper noun nn proper noun Kapp Verde nn Cape Verde Q1011 Related terms nn kappverdar nn kappverdisk