Cape Verdean
See also: Capeverdean
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Cape Verde + -an.
Adjective
editCape Verdean (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Cape Verde, the Cape Verdean people or the Cape Verdean language.
- Synonym: Cabo Verdean
- 2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 219:
- I hear [...] the surf on the Cape Verdean beaches is incredible.
- 2022 April 12, Jazmine Hughes, “Viola Davis, Inside Out”, in The New York Times Magazine[1]:
- He was a Cape Verdean boy who identified as Portuguese to differentiate himself from African Americans, despite being nearly the same shade as Davis.
Translations
editof, from, or pertaining to Cape Verde, its people or their language
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Noun
editCape Verdean (plural Cape Verdeans)
- A person from Cape Verde or of Cape Verdean descent.
- Synonym: Cabo Verdean
- 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 295:
- Cape Verdeans waiting with perfect, timeless patience for a boat that may or may not come.
- 2016 May 4, Saskia de Rothschild, “An Atlantic Archipelago’s Main Export: Music”, in The New York Times[2]:
- For Helio Batalha, a 27-year-old hip-hop artist who performed at the music expo, that blending of cultures and history has led to a form of identity crisis for young Cape Verdeans.
Hypernyms
editTranslations
edita person from Cape Verde or of Cape Verdean descent
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Proper noun
editCape Verdean
- A creole language spoken in Cape Verde.
- Synonyms: Cape Verdean Creole, Cabo Verdean, Kabuverdianu
Further reading
edit- Ethnologue entry for Cape Verdean, kea
- Cape Verdean Creole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia