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.

Exact synonyms: Cape Canaveral
Group relationships: Everglade State, Fl, Florida, Sunshine State
Generic synonyms: Foreland, Head, Headland, Promontory

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cape Kennedy

Cape Breton Island
Cape Canaveral
Cape Cod
Cape Cod Bay
Cape Cod Canal
Cape Cod and the Islands
Cape Codder
Cape Codders
Cape Colony
Cape Fear
Cape Fear River
Cape Flattery
Cape Girardeau
Cape Hatteras
Cape Horn
Cape Kennedy (current term)
Cape May
Cape May warbler
Cape Province
Cape Sable
Cape Town
Cape Trafalgar
Cape Verde
Cape Verde Islands
Cape Verde escudo
Cape Verde monetary unit
Cape Verdean
Cape Verdean Creole
Cape Verdeans

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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