Canaveral

American  

[kuh-nav-er-uhl] / kəˈnæv ər əl /

noun

1. Cape, a cape on an island in E Florida: site of John F. Kennedy Space Center.

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Canaveral British  

/ kəˈnævərəl /

noun

1. Former name (1963–73): Cape Kennedy.  a cape on the E coast of Florida: site of the US Air Force Missile Test Centre, from which the majority of US space missions have been launched

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Example Sentences

SpaceX is seeking government permission for as many as 44 Starship launches a year from the Kennedy Space Center, and another 76 a year from the adjacent Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

From Slate

The Space Coast population has boomed, and Port Canaveral is the busiest cruise ship port in the nation.

From Slate

The skies were clear and turquoise blue as the Freedom 7 sat atop Launch Pad 5 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

From Literature

The computers controlling the Friendship 7 flight had been programmed with an incalculable number of equations that would control the capsule’s trajectory from the time it lifted off at Cape Canaveral until it splashed down.

From Literature

In Florida, people traveled to Cape Canaveral itself and lined both its beaches gleaming with sand and its asphalt-topped roadways, trying to catch a glimpse of the spaceship.

From Literature