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Cayey

American  
[kah-ye-ee] / kɑˈyɛ 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

“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

Cayey is connected with Guayama by an excellent military road.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various