CPT
- proper noun
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Aeropuerto Internacional de Ciudad del Cabo
- She booked her tickets to CPT for the summer vacation in South Africa.
Examples
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After arriving at CPT, we immediately headed to our hotel to rest from the long journey.
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The flight from New York to CPT takes approximately 15 hours, including a layover in London.
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Results indicated that the responses were not significantly different for the three groups of teachers: cooperating teachers (CPT), student teachers (ST), and UNK supervisors (UNKS).
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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A port city in the southwest of South Africa where the national parliament meets
Surface Forms
Morphology
CPT = C + P + T
An IATA airport code for Cape Town; the letter sequence functions as a code, not as analyzable English morphology, so the meaning is not derivable from the letters.
Etymology
CPT is the three-letter airport code for Cape Town, used on tickets and baggage labels to show Cape Town International Airport. Think of it as a short tag made from the city's name.