Canaveral

(kə navər əl)

cape on the E coast of Fla.: U.S. proving ground for missiles and spacecraft: temporarily renamed Cape Kennedy (1963-73)

Origin: Sp cañaveral, canebrake

See Canaveral in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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 Space Flight Center, the launching area for U.S. space missions.

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