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Cape Fear   /keɪp fɪr/   Listen
Cape Fear

noun
1.
A cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean.



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Cape Fear River


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"Cape Fear" Quotes from Famous Books



... 1864 the government determined to close the two Southern ports yet open to British blockade-runners, namely, Mobile, near the Gulf of Mexico, and Wilmington, on the Cape Fear River. For this purpose Admiral Farragut appeared off the entrance to Mobile Bay, with a strong naval force, in August. He entered the bay on the morning of August 5, four iron-clad vessels leading the way, and immediately followed by the Hartford (the flag-ship) and three other wooden vessels ...
— Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various


Words linked to "Cape Fear" :   cape, North Carolina, ness, NC, Old North State, Tar Heel State


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