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Canaveral

Canaveral is the ellipsis of Cape Canaveral.

Meaning of Cape Canaveral

Proper noun

Cape Canaveral

  1. A cape in Florida, United States.
  2. A city in Brevard County, Florida, United States, named after the cape it is located at.
  3. A military base in Florida, United States, named after the cape it is located at; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
  4. (informal) A spaceport in Florida, United States; the combination of the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and Spaceport Florida on the Space Coast (Space Florida).

Origin of Canaveral

From Spanish cañaveral.

Phrases with Canaveral

Questions about Canaveral

What is Canaveral the ellipsis of?
Canaveral is the ellipsis of Cape Canaveral.

Words near Canaveral in the dictionary

  1. Canavan-Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease
  2. canavanase
  3. canavanine
  4. canavanines
  5. Canavans
  6. Canaveral
  7. canavesite
  8. canavinine
  9. Canawayon
  10. canawler
  11. canawlers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Canaveral (page history and authors); Cape Canaveral (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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