Canaveral, Cape

Canaveral, Cape
or 1963-73 officially Cape Kennedy geographical name cape on E shore of Canaveral Peninsula; site of Air Force satellite launch station & John F. Kennedy Space Center

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  • Canaveral, Cape — Cape, eastern Florida, U.S. It is the location of NASA s John F. Kennedy Space Center and the launch site of U.S. spaceflights, which included the first U.S. manned spaceflight (1961), the first lunar landing flight (1969), and flights of the… …   Universalium

  • Canaveral, Cape — cape, E Florida 32920; pop. 8,014; site of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, a space research and missiles installation …   Webster's Gazetteer

  • Canaveral,Cape — Ca·nav·er·al (kə năvʹər əl, năvʹrəl), Cape Formerly (1963 1973) Cape Ken·ne·dy (kĕnʹĭ dē). A sandy promontory extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island on the east central coast of Florida. It is the site of NASA s Kennedy Manned… …   Universalium

  • Canaveral, Cape — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cape Canaveral (Stadt) — Cape Canaveral DEC …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cape Canaveral (Florida) — Cape Canaveral …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cape Canaveral — Cape′ Canav′eral n. geg Canaveral, Cape …   From formal English to slang

  • Cape Canaveral — noun a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight • Syn: ↑Cape Kennedy • Instance Hypernyms: ↑promontory, ↑headland …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cape Canaveral — n. (Cape Canaveral) cape in Florida (USA), site of John F. Kennedy Space Center (from 1963 to 1973 was called Cape Kennedy) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cape — cape1 caped, adj. /kayp/, n., v., caped, caping. n. 1. a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment. 2. the capa of a… …   Universalium

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