Cape Canaveral

English Etymology From en es Cabo Cañaveral, from es cañaveral reed bed. It is the third oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US after en Florida, and en Dry Tortugas.George Stewart, Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States (1945, New York: Random House), pages 11–13, 17, 18 Proper noun Cape Canaveral en cape state/en:Florida c/USA. en city co/Brevard County s/Florida c/USA, named after the cape it is located at. TopoZone: Cape Canaveral en military base state/en:Florida c/USA, named after the cape it is located at; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. en informal en spaceport state/en:Florida c/USA; the combination of the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and Spaceport Florida on the Space Coast (Space Florida). Synonyms cape military base spaceport en Cape Kennedy former name 1963-1973 Derived terms en Port Canaveral Canaveral Translations cape Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 卡納維拉爾角 Kǎnàwéilā'ěrjiǎo Danish: da Cape Canaveral Estonian: et Canaverali neem Finnish: fi Cape Canaveral French: fr Cap Canaveral m Portuguese: pt Cabo Canaveral m Spanish: es Cabo Cañaveral See also en Cape Canaveral Air Force Station en Kennedy Space Center en Space Coast References en US space program