Tsibirin Cape Verde rukuni ne na tsibiran dake cikin Tekun Atlantika, kusa da gabar yammacin Afirka. Kalmar "Cape Verde" tana nufin "Green Cape" a cikin Portuguese, wanda shine harshen hukuma na ƙasar. An sanya wa tsibiran sunan yankin yammacin Afirka, wato Cape Verde, wanda ke gabar tekun Senegal da ke kusa. Tsibirin Cape Verde tsohon yankin Portugal ne kuma ya zama ƙasa mai cin gashin kanta a shekara ta 1975.