Cape Verdean American

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American of African descent American of Portuguese descent diaspora community ethnic group

A Cape Verdean American is a U.S. resident or citizen of Cape Verdean ancestry, reflecting a blend of West African and Portuguese cultural heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cape Verdean American canonical 1
Cape Verdean diaspora from Santiago 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American of African descent ⓘ
American of Portuguese descent ⓘ
diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ancestralOrigin Cape Verde Islands ⓘ
surface form: Cape Verde
continentOfAncestralOrigin Africa ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalHeritage Portuguese ⓘ
West Africans ⓘ
surface form: West African
culturalOrganizationType mutual aid society ⓘ
religious association ⓘ
social club ⓘ
culturalPractice Cape Verdean music traditions such as morna and coladeira ⓘ
celebration of Cape Verdean Independence Day in the United States ⓘ
diasporaFrom Cape Verde Islands ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Cabo Verde
ethnicIdentity mixed African and European heritage ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Cape Verdean people ⓘ
surface form: Cape Verdean
historicalMigrationPattern transatlantic migration from Cape Verde to New England ⓘ
historicalOccupation fishing industry ⓘ
merchant marine ⓘ
textile mills ⓘ
whaling industry ⓘ
languageUsed Cape Verdean Creole ⓘ
English ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
majorSettlement California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Connecticut ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
notableCommunityCenter Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Brockton, Massachusetts ⓘ
New Bedford, Massachusetts ⓘ
Pawtucket ⓘ
surface form: Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island, United States ⓘ
surface form: Providence, Rhode Island
partOf Cape Verdean diaspora ⓘ
relatedGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American

Cape Verdean people ⓘ
surface form: Cape Verdean

Luso-African ⓘ
Portuguese American ⓘ
religion Pentecostalism ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
Seventh-day Adventist Church ⓘ
non-denominational Christianity ⓘ
subclassOf African American ethnic subgroup ⓘ
Luso-African diaspora ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Horace Silver → ethnicOrigin → Cape Verdean American ⓘ
Badiu Creole → spokenBy → Cape Verdean American ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Verdean diaspora from Santiago