Note 67 — Chapter IV · THE PORTUGUESE IN AFRICA

Most prominent features, and some countries on the west and south coasts of Africa from the Senegal round to the Cape of Good Hope and Moçambique, bear Portuguese names: Cape Verde is “The Green Cape,” Sierra Leone (Serra Leoa) is “The Lionlike Mountains,” Cape Palmas “The Palm-trees Cape,” Cape Coast is Cabo Corso “The cruising Cape,” Lagos is “The Lakes,” Calabar (Calabarra) is “The bar is silent,” Cameroons is Camaroẽs “prawns,” Gaboon is Gabāo “The Hooded Cloak” (from the shape of the estuary), Corisco is “Lightning,” Cape Frio is “The Cold Cape” and Angra Pequena is “The Little Cove,” and so on. All the prominent points on the Liberian coast, and most of the Niger mouths, have Portuguese names.