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Cayman Islands

American  
[key-man, -muhn] / ˈkeɪˌmæn, -mən /

plural noun

  1. three islands in the West Indies, NW of Jamaica: a British crown colony. 104 sq. mi. (269 sq. km).


Cayman Islands British  
/ ˈkeɪmən /

plural noun

  1. three coral islands in the Caribbean Sea northwest of Jamaica: a dependency of Jamaica until 1962, now a UK Overseas Territory. Capital: George Town. Pop: 53 737 (2013 est). Area: about 260 sq km (100 sq miles)

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According to testimony from the Delaware case, the company allowed Chinese investors to buy stakes in SpaceX so long as the money was routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2026

Assets were being seized in Andorra, the Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain and Switzerland, as well as Italy, police said.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

In late 2023, a group of investors set up Aolani and created a holding company as its parent in the Cayman Islands, according to company registry records and people familiar with the arrangement.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

To navigate the Cayman Islands, Anguilla and Turks and Caicos, they were forced to rely on decades-old maps with serious errors and whole areas missing.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2026

The Cayman Islands, surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, has the fewest drownings of all.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

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