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Cape Canaveral

Cape Canaveral proper noun: a cape in Florida, United States.

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).

Synonyms of Cape Canaveral

  • Cape Kennedy (1963-1973)

Origin of Cape Canaveral

From Spanish Cabo Cañaveral, from cañaveral (“reed bed”). It is the third oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US after Florida, and Dry Tortugas.

Words formed from Cape Canaveral

Questions about Cape Canaveral

What does Cape Canaveral mean?
Cape Canaveral means a cape in Florida, United States.
What part of speech is Cape Canaveral?
Cape Canaveral is a proper noun.

Words near Cape Canaveral in the dictionary

  1. Cape Broyle
  2. Cape buffalo
  3. Cape buffalos
  4. Cape bushbuck
  5. Cape bushbucks
  6. Cape Canaveral
  7. Cape Capensis
  8. Cape chestnut
  9. Cape chestnuts
  10. Cape Clear Island
  11. Cape Coast

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 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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