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Cayey

American  
[kah-ye-ee] / kɑˈjɛ i /

noun

  1. a city in central Puerto Rico.


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The family then moved from Cayey to Savanna, Illinois, where he got a civil servant job at a military base.

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

“We are outraged,” said Freyla Rivas, 70, of Cayey, who demonstrated on a cobblestone street outside La Fortaleza, the stately governor’s mansion in colonial Old San Juan.

From New York Times Jan. 20, 2020

The Salinas river is bounded on the west by the Coamo ridge, on the north by the general divide, and on the east by the Cayey ridge.

From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Halstead, Murat

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