Canebrake
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Canebrake is an English noun meaning an area of land with a thick dense growth of cane, sugarcane, exotic bamboo, or similar plant material.

Canebrake may also refer to:

Places in the United States of America:
  • Canebrake (region of Alabama)
    Canebrake (region of Alabama)
    The Canebrake refers to a historical region of west-central Alabama that was once dominated by thickets of Arundinaria, a type of bamboo, or cane, native to North America. It was centered on the junction of the Tombigbee and Black Warrior rivers, near Demopolis, and extended eastward to include...

  • Canebrake, California
    Canebrake, California
    Canebrake is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located east-northeast of Onyx, at an elevation of 3031 feet ....

     in Kern County
  • Canebrake (former town), California
    Canebrake (former town), California
    Canebrake is a former settlement in Kern County, California. It was located north-northwest of Walker Pass, at an elevation of 3930 feet . Canebrake still appeared on maps as of 1908....

     in Kern County
  • Canebrake (Ferriday, Louisiana), in Concordia Parish, listed on the NRHP in Louisiana
  • Canebrake, Mississippi in Lamar County, Mississippi
  • Canebrake, South Carolina in Greenville County, South Carolina
  • Canebrake, Tennessee in Rutherford County, Tennessee
  • Canebrake, West Virginia
    Canebrake, West Virginia
    Canebrake is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. Canbrake was named for a thicket of canes in its vicinity. It has also been spelled Canebreak in its past. It is mentioned in the book The Road by Cormac McCarthy...

     in McDowell County
  • Cape Canaveral
    Cape Canaveral
    Cape Canaveral, from the Spanish Cabo Cañaveral, is a headland in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of the state's Atlantic coast. Known as Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973, it lies east of Merritt Island, separated from it by the Banana River.It is part of a region known as the...

    , a town in Brevard County, Florida, or Canebrake translated from the original Spanish Cañaveral


Other
  • Canebrake Rattlesnake, a species of rattlesnake found in the United States
  • Down in de Canebrake, song from about 1850 recorded by Frank Crumit
    Frank Crumit
    Frank Crumit was an American singer, composer. radio entertainer and vaudeville star. He shared his radio programs with his wife, Julia Sanderson, and the two were sometimes called "the ideal couple of the air."...

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