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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A former province of southern South Africa on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. This area was originally inhabited by Bantu, San, and Khoikhoi people. It was settled by the Dutch in 1652, ceded to Great Britain in 1815, and was known as Cape Colony until 1910 when, as Cape Province, it became part of the newly formed Union of South Africa. In 1994 it was split into three provinces.
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- noun a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa
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Peter Tempelhoff, currently the Executive Chef overseeing the five Relais Chateaux restaurants within "The Collection by Liz McGrath" in Cape Province, South Africa, talks of his career, and some of the great influences that have guided him.
Brad Haskel: Chef Peter Tempelhoff: Helping to Spread the Passion Behind the Foods of South Africa Brad Haskel 2011
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Peter Tempelhoff, currently the Executive Chef overseeing the five Relais Chateaux restaurants within "The Collection by Liz McGrath" in Cape Province, South Africa, talks of his career, and some of the great influences that have guided him.
Brad Haskel: Chef Peter Tempelhoff: Helping to Spread the Passion Behind the Foods of South Africa Brad Haskel 2011
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Peter Tempelhoff, currently the Executive Chef overseeing the five Relais Chateaux restaurants within "The Collection by Liz McGrath" in Cape Province, South Africa, talks of his career, and some of the great influences that have guided him.
Brad Haskel: Chef Peter Tempelhoff: Helping to Spread the Passion Behind the Foods of South Africa Brad Haskel 2011
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The Cape Province required property ownership as the qualification for voting, but even there blacks were barred from being members of Parliament.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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The Cape Province required property ownership as the qualification for voting, but even there blacks were barred from being members of Parliament.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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The Cape Province required property ownership as the qualification for voting, but even there blacks were barred from being members of Parliament.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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The Cape Province required property ownership as the qualification for voting, but even there blacks were barred from being members of Parliament.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
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Seed dispersal by ants in shrublands of the Cape Province and its evolutionary implications.
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Most of the Nama Karoo occurs on the central plateau of the Cape Province in South Africa, although it extends over the Orange River into Namibia in the northwest.
Nama Karoo 2008
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Distribution, habitat preference and conservation status of the Red Lark Certhilauda burra in Cape Province, South Africa.
Nama Karoo 2008
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