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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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Kennedy evidently thought it best to leave the two together, as Aux Cayes continued to talk to her in diminutives and familiar phrases from the French.

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

There was a rich old planter, Henri Aux Cayes, aboard, too.

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

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 Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

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

It was early the next morning, about half an hour after the time set for the release of the passengers, that our laboratory door was flung open and Collette Aux Cayes rushed in, wildly excited.

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

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