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Aux Cayes

British  
/ o kɑj, əʊ ˈkeɪ /

noun

  1. the former name of Les Cayes

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The south coast of the Tiburon peninsula has good harbours at Jacmel, Bainet, Aquin and Les Cayes or Aux Cayes.

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The only inlets of any importance between Aux Cayes and Port-au-Prince are Jeremie and the Bay of Baraderes.

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A run of a few hours more brought us up with the American bark Parker Cooke, of, and from Boston, bound to Aux Cayes, on the south side of the island of St. Domingo.

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At Dame-Marie, floods and high winds killed 40; the towns of Jeremie and Aux Cayes were largely unroofed.

From Time Magazine Archive

From Kingston Bolivar went to Aux Cayes in Haiti, where he was furnished with a small force by President Petion.

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