Capel

//ˈkeɪpəl// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A hamlet and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6344). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1740). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the Shire of Capel. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A town in south-west Western Australia, within the above shire. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of caple (horse) alt-of, alternative, obsolete
  2. 2
    A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes. uncountable
  3. 3
    Alternative form of kappal (“ship”). alt-of, alternative

Etymology

From Old Norse [Term?] (whence Icelandic kapall), from Latin caballus.

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