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Key Largo

Key Largo proper noun: an island in the Florida Keys, the largest significant cay in the archipelago in Florida, United States.

Proper noun

Key Largo

  1. An island in the Florida Keys, the largest significant cay in the archipelago in Florida, United States.
    • Coast-to-coast, L.A. to Chicago: Western male / Across the North and South, to Key Largo: love for sale1984, “Smooth Operator”, in Diamond Life, performed by Sade
    • Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya / Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama / Key Largo, Montego / Baby why don't we go1988, “Kokomo”, in Still Cruisin', performed by The Beach Boys
  2. A census-designated place on the island of Key Largo, Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida.

Origin of Key Largo

From key (“cay”) + Spanish largo (“length”), from Spanish Cayo Largo, from being the first long significant cay in the Florida Keys archipelago, out from the mainland.

Questions about Key Largo

What does Key Largo mean?
Key Largo means an island in the Florida Keys, the largest significant cay in the archipelago in Florida, United States.
What part of speech is Key Largo?
Key Largo is a proper noun.

Words near Key Largo in the dictionary

  1. key in
  2. key in on
  3. key interest rate
  4. key interest rates
  5. key into
  6. Key Largo
  7. key light
  8. key lights
  9. key lime
  10. key lime pie
  11. Key lime pies

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