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cayes

cayes is the plural of cay.

Meaning of cay

Noun

cay (plural cays or cayes)

  1. A small, low island largely made of sand or coral.

Proper noun capitalized: Cayes

Cayes

  1. A seaport and commune of Cayes borough, Sud department, Haiti.
  2. An arrondissement of Sud department, Haiti.

Forms of cayes

alternative formLes Cayes
alternative formAux Cayes

Origin of cayes

From French Cayes (literally “Keys”).

Phrases with cayes

Questions about cayes

What does cayes mean?
Cayes means a seaport and commune of Cayes borough, Sud department, Haiti.
What is cayes the plural of?
Cayes is the plural of cay.
What part of speech is cayes?
Cayes is a proper noun.

Words near cayes in the dictionary

  1. Cayenne vervain
  2. cayenned
  3. cayennes
  4. Cayer
  5. Cayers
  6. cayes
  7. cayeute
  8. cayeutes
  9. Cayey
  10. caygotte
  11. Caylee

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cayes (page history and authors); Cayes (page history and authors); cay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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