Capetownian

English

Noun

Capetownian (plural Capetownians)

1. Alternative form of Capetonian.
   • 1873, Frederick Boyle, “Capetown to the Fields”, in To the Cape for Diamonds. A Story of Digging Experiences in South Africa. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], page 52:

     I was subsequently told that the Cambrian had brought the very first intimation of that fall in diamonds which afterwards came on us with every mail; but why the Capetownians should assemble at the railway station to discuss their losses none could inform me.

   • 1940 July, “[District Highlights] Cape District”, in Richard E. Folland, Grant B. Shaw, editors, Cumorah’s Southern Messenger, volume 14, number 7, Mowbray, Cape Province: [T]he Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, page 107, column 1:

     Many young Capetownians, who are members of the Church, have left for the North with the Union Forces.

   • 1999, Beate Lohnert, “Debating Vulnerability, Environment and Housing: The case of rural-urban migrants in Cape Town, South Africa”, in Beate Lohnert, Helmut Geist, editors, Coping with Changing Environments: Social Dimensions of Endangered Ecosystems in the Developing World, Aldershot, Hants.: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 102:

     The extensive urban sprawl of the Cape Metropolitan Region induces high costs for transport and causes a considerable amount of traffic related air pollution. At present, Capetownians have to commute 16 km on average to their place of work (Gasson, 1995) what is equivalent to the distance people are travelling to their workplace in Los Angeles (however, with Los Angeles having five times more inhabitants).