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Aux Cayes

British  
/ o kɑj, əʊ ˈkeɪ /

noun

  1. the former name of Les Cayes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I turned and saw that Collette and Aux Cayes had come out of the cabin to the deck together, he holding her arm while she dabbed the tears away from her wonderful eyes.

From The Social Gangster by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

From Port au Prince he visited Aux Cayes, the capital of the South.

From An Account of Some of the Principal Slave Insurrections, and Others, Which Have Occurred, or Been Attempted, in the United States and Elsewhere, During the Last Two Centuries. by Joshua Coffin

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.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

"My guardian, Monsieur Aux Cayes," she introduced, then turned to him with a voluble explanation of something in French.

From The Social Gangster by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

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