cayman

The British Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Belize, and Switzerland.
This Is Where the World’s Richest People Hide Their Money|Eliza Shapiro|April 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Gov. Mitt Romney's campaign toasted its top donors Wednesday aboard a 150-foot yacht flying the flag of the Cayman Islands.
RNC Diary: The Price Of The Party|David Frum|August 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Biggest response: "He holds as much as $8 million in accounts in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying taxes on it."
Interesting Research on Voters and "Getting Better"|Michael Tomasky|June 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He railed about how the law was being obstructed in Guantánamo Bay and about money laundering in the Cayman Islands and in London.
Assange Addresses Occupy London Protesters|Mike Giglio|October 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST

For a long time he had set his heart on catching a cayman, a kind of alligator that is found in the rivers of Guiana.
The Animal Story Book|Various
I had come above three hundred miles on purpose to get a cayman uninjured, and not to carry back a mutilated specimen.
Wanderings in South America|Charles Waterton
Then the swift vessel, turning its prow toward Cayman's Cove, began to make toward the open sea.
A Romance of the West Indies|Eugne Sue
The Cayman islands, in that neighborhood, are the summit of mountains bordering this deep valley at the bottom of the sea.
Due South or Cuba Past and Present|Maturin M. Ballou
The cayman now seemed to have recovered from his surprise and plunged furiously, and lashed the sand with his long tail.
The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cayman

cayman

caiman

/ (ˈkeɪmən) /

noun plural -mans

any tropical American crocodilian of the genus Caiman and related genera, similar to alligators but with a more heavily armoured belly: family Alligatoridae (alligators, etc)

Word Origin for cayman

C16: from Spanish caimán, from Carib cayman, probably of African origin

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