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cape (s) (noun), capes (pl)
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 bullfighter.
3. A piece of land jutting into the sea or some other large body of water.
4. Etymology: cape (1) "garment", Old English capa, from Late Latin cappa ,"cape, hooded cloak". Also, cape (2) "promontory" A.D. 1386, from Middle French cap, which came from Latin caput "headland, head".
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Cape Canaveral
A promontory (a point of land that juts out into the sea) on the Atlantic coast of Florida, U.S.A., 367 kilometers or 228 miles north of Miami, that is used as a rocket launch site by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
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