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Definition of Cape Kennedy
1. 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.
Group relationships: Everglade State, Fl, Florida, Sunshine State
Generic synonyms: Foreland, Head, Headland, Promontory
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cape Kennedy
Literary usage of Cape Kennedy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"On arrival at Cape Kennedy, additional checkout tests frequently exposed a problem
that could be traced to the transportation sequence. ..."
2. Classification of Wetlands & Deepwater Habitats of the U. S. by Lewis M. Cowardin (1979)
"West Indian Province extends from Cape Kennedy to Cedar Key, Florida, and also
includes the southern Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, Central America, ..."
3. A Review of ICITAP's Screening Procedures for Contractors Sent to Iraq as edited by Barry Leonard (2005)
"18 January: A Titan IIIC booster launched from Cape Kennedy sends eight military
communications satellites into a near-perfect circular orbit. ..."
4. Correspondence of William Pitt, when Secretary of State, with Colonial by William Pitt, Gertrude Selwyn Kimball, Great Britain Foreign Office (1906)
"... which was of two Lieuts & 40 Canadiens, at a proper distance from Camp, & to
send the Pri'soners in; they were, Major Grant, Cape' Kennedy, Pringle, ..."
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