Agulhas
[ uh-guhl-uh s; Portuguese ah-goo-lyuh sh ]
/ əˈgʌl əs; Portuguese ɑˈgu lyəʃ /
noun
Cape,
the southernmost point of Africa.
Example sentences from the Web for agulhas
Here it strikes the Agulhas current at right angles, and hence possibly the deflection of a part of that current.
Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States |Raphael SemmesOne of these lonely towers stands more than eight hundred feet above the sea-level, and warns ships off the terrible Agulhas Bank.
Or thirty miles, if we exclude the five days wasted in a vain effort to stem the Agulhas current (see p. 15).
British Dictionary definitions for agulhas
Agulhas
/ (əˈɡʌləs) /
noun
Cape Agulhas
a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent