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Merritt Island

American  
[mer-it] / ˈmɛr ɪt /

noun

  1. a town in E Florida.


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The birds at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge aren’t going to be happy.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

But he did have ties to a Redstone Strategies LLC, registered to an address in Merritt Island, Florida, in November 2021, as Santos was preparing his second run for Congress.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2023

Sarah Gaines Barmeyer, senior managing director for the National Parks Conservation Association’s conservation programs, said that Florida’s Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge also has been floated as a potential spaceport site.

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2022

A shoulder injury eventually sent her back to Arizona for 18 months, but in 2018 she returned to Florida, moving in with relatives on Merritt Island.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2022

He picked oranges down in Orlando; he picked tangerines over on Merritt Island.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

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