cape horn

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   a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego)

   Broadercapepromontory

   Part ofChile

Questions about cape horn

What does cape horn mean?

cape horn means "a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego)".

Is cape horn a common word?

cape horn is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.