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Definition of Horn, Cape in English: Horn, Capeproper noun The southernmost point of South America, on a Chilean island south of Tierra del Fuego. The region is notorious for its storms, and until the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914 constituted the only sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Also called "the Horn"
Origin Named after Hoorn, the birthplace of the Dutch navigator William C. Schouten who discovered it in 1616. Definition of Horn, Cape in US English: Horn, Capeproper noun The most southern point of South America, on a Chilean island south of Tierra del Fuego. The region is notorious for its storms and, until the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, constituted the only sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Origin Named after Hoorn, the birthplace of the Dutch navigator William C. Schouten, who discovered it in 1616. |