Florida Keys

American  

plural noun

1. a chain of small islands and reefs off the coast of S Florida. About 225 miles (362 km) long.

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Florida Keys Cultural  

1. Islands off the southern coast of Florida. The best known are Key Largo and Key West.

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Example Sentences

Xie noted that this belt is not "moving towards Florida," like some kind of ominous monster, but that only a "tiny portion of seaweed within the belt" has, and will, reach the east coast of Florida and the Florida Keys.

From Salon

But beaches in Fort Lauderdale and the Florida Keys are already reporting Sargassum deposits this year, Lapointe says, and it’s on beaches that the seaweed can be problematic.

From Scientific American

The August 2019 four-week average in the Florida Keys, for example, was $239 compared to $408 this month.

From New York Times

Rates in big cities, however, remained lower — New York City is at roughly $205 on average compared to $240 in 2019 — but prices in Hawaii, the Florida Keys and Myrtle Beach, S.C., blew past prepandemic norms.

From New York Times

Some Miami members recently visited Grimal Grove, a tropical fruit grove in the Florida Keys, where they got to harvest cacao.

From Salon