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- noun a group of islands in the Atlantic off of the coast of Senegal
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Wednesday, Tropical Storm Lisa was still drifting slowly and to the east, moving at around 3 mph, about 470 miles northwest of the Cape Verde Islands, which is over 3,230
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Cape Verde (Republica de Cabo Verde), familiarly called the Cape Verde Islands, is a nation and
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] DanielPulido 2010
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Portuguese in the East, had begun to search after new and unknown lands, in order to avoid any interference of one with the other, the kings of these countries divided the whole world between them, by the authority probably of Pope Alexander VI, on this plan, that a line should be drawn from the north to the south pole through a point three hundred and sixty leagues west of the Hesperides which they now call Cape Verde Islands, which would divide the earth's surface into two equal portions.
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I mean, it's out there by the Cape Verde Islands which is just off the coast of Africa.
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Or at the only disco on the desert island of Boa Vista, in the Cape Verde Islands, five hundred miles off the western shoulder of Africa.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Or at the only disco on the desert island of Boa Vista, in the Cape Verde Islands, five hundred miles off the western shoulder of Africa.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday the depression south of the Cape Verde Islands could reach hurricane strength Thursday, still far out in the Atlantic.
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The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday the depression south of the Cape Verde Islands could reach hurricane strength Thursday, still far out in the Atlantic.
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She sang the traditional music of the Cape Verde Islands off West Africa, a former Portuguese colony.
Cesaria Evora Dead: 'Barefoot Diva,' Grammy-Award Winning Singer From Cape Verde, Dies At Age 70 2011
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The Cape Verde Islands, off the west coast of Africa, are frequently smothered in dust blowing off the Sahara desert.
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