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Cayey

American  
[kah-ye-ee] / kɑˈjɛ i /

noun

  1. a city in central Puerto Rico.


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Army as a 19-year-old, seeing the military as his only way out of poverty, having left school in the eighth grade to farm to help his family in Cayey, Puerto Rico.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 10, 2023

"In the mountains, it only takes a little wind and we are out of power," said Crystal Díaz, who lives in Cayey, a town about 80 minutes south of San Juan.

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2023

Luis Noguera, who was helping clear a landslide in the central mountain town of Cayey, said Maria left him without power for a year.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2022

So on Wednesday, Ms. Colón, 40, did not go to work in her school in Cayey, a mountain town in central Puerto Rico.

From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2022

From the latter place it proceeds almost eastward to Cayey, and there it takes a winding course to the north as far as Caquas.

From Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... by Arthur D. Hall

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