cay
noun
a small low island; key.
cays
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pluralof cay.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Staniel Cay is in the Exumas, an archipelago of hundreds of cays and islands in the outer Bahamas, beginning about thirty-five miles southeast of Nassau.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2023
Nicaraguan soldiers began preparing the evacuation of inhabitants of islands and cays around the town of Sandy Bay Sirpi.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2022
The reef’s unrivalled size and diversity – almost 4,000 reefs, cays and islands stretching for more than 2,000 kilometres – gives it extra resilience, he says.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2020
The Exumas — a north-south string of some 365 sand-fringed cays between Nassau and Long Island — were largely spared.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2019
Timothy said, “Lissen, I know dat many banks an’ cays are roun’ fifteen north an’ eighty long.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
