Canaveral

[ kuh-nav-er-uhl ]

/ kəˈnæv ər əl /

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noun

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

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Formerly Cape Kennedy.

Words nearby Canaveral

Canary Islands, canary seed, canary yellow, canasta, canaster, Canaveral, Canberra, can buoy, Canby, canc., cancan

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How to use Canaveral in a sentence

He has underpinned his future program by winning from NASA a 20-year lease on the legendary launch pad 39A at Cape Canaveral.
Tycoons in Space: One in Orbit and One Still Grounded|Clive Irving|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Following a flawless journey from Cape Canaveral in Florida, it delivered more than two tons of much-needed supplies.
Tycoons in Space: One in Orbit and One Still Grounded|Clive Irving|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He will give you a packet; you will give him a dollar, and drive on to Cape Canaveral, and you will do what is to be done there.
In Search of the Unknown|Robert W. Chambers
A distant, dark object on the beach concentrated my distracted thoughts; it must be the breakwater at Cape Canaveral.
In Search of the Unknown|Robert W. Chambers

He in the meantime established a fort at St. Lucia, near Canaveral.
The Spaniards in Florida|George R. Fairbanks
The beast at Cape Canaveral stood three hundred and fifteen feet tall dwarfing her creators into microscopic proportions.
Instinct|George Oliver Smith
We played old Beatles tunes on the stereo all the long way to Cape Canaveral.
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom|Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for Canaveral

Canaveral

/ (kəˈnævərəl) /

noun

Cape Canaveral 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 launchedFormer name (1963–73): Cape Kennedy

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