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Cape Verde

country on a group of islands in the Atlantic, c. 300 mi (483 km) west of Cape Verde (seeCape Verde): the islands were under Portuguese control from 1587 until the granting of independence, 1975: 1,557 sq mi (4,033 sq km); pop. 337,000; cap. Praia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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