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cayo

cayo noun: a small island or ledge of rock in the water; a key.

Noun

cayo (plural cayos)

  1. (Latin-America) A small island or ledge of rock in the water; a key.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Cayo

Cayo (plural Cayos)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Cayo

Cayo

  1. A district in the west of Belize. Capital: San Ignacio.

Forms of cayo

Noun
pluralcayos
Proper noun
pluralCayos

Origin of cayo

Borrowed from Spanish cayo, from Taíno cayo (“small island”). Doublet of key.

From the Spanish surname, Spanish equivalent of Gaetano. Also compare cayo (“cay”).

Phrases with cayo

Questions about cayo

What does cayo mean?
Cayo means a small island or ledge of rock in the water; a key.
What part of speech is cayo?
Cayo can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of cayo?
The plural of cayo is cayos.

Words near cayo in the dictionary

  1. caymanite
  2. caymanostellid
  3. caymanostellids
  4. caymans
  5. Caynham
  6. cayo
  7. Cayo Largo
  8. cayolaque
  9. Cayor
  10. cayos
  11. cayota

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cayo (page history and authors); Cayo (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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