Key West

noun

1. an island off S Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico. 4 miles (6.4 km) long; 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
2. a seaport on this island: the southernmost city in the U.S.; naval base.

Example Sentences

Take your time—and try not to hit the massive roadside iguanas—on this 110-mile feat of engineering that connects 43 of Florida’s southern islands, or keys, ranging from Ley Largo down to Key West.

From Outside Online

Gaetz also wrote about a 2019 New Year’s Eve trip to Key West with two “best friends” who have been questioned in connection with the sex trafficking investigation.

From The Daily Beast

Elsa’s impacts from the Northeast to the Florida KeysFrom New York City to Key West, Elsa has unleashed torrents.

From Washington Post

With both 30- and 50-amp hookups, potable water, and campfires allowed, it’s a great spot to relax and soak up some sun before driving down to Key West for the ferry to Dry Tortugas.

From Outside Online

They divided their time among homes in Key West, London and Ithaca.

From Washington Post

Louie's Backyard is one of many good places to eat in town, but for us it is the Key West restaurant.

From The Daily Beast

He was seen in Key West in the summer of 2012, and the U.S. Coast Guard was unable to locate his body.

From The Daily Beast

Fifty-two hours and 54 minutes after leaping from a rock wall in Havana, the 64-year-old marathon swimmer reached Key West.

From The Daily Beast

Admission to the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum in Old Town Key West includes a guided tour and all the cats you can pat.

From The Daily Beast

Hit snooze and spend the next half-hour fantasizing about running away to Key West?

From The Daily Beast

Escaping from Key West, the mulatto worked his way up the coast to Tampa, where he burgled a bank.

From Project Gutenberg

But on January 6th they managed to make Key West, and for some reason were not quarantined.

From Project Gutenberg

Natives round Key West sometimes take it in nets and with the grains, and they call it “springer.”

From Project Gutenberg

This latter type of pattern is best developed in the population of Key West, Florida.

From Project Gutenberg

Wrecking was conducted for many years at Key West in a most ungenerous manner, with the old adage, Freight is the mother of wages.

From Project Gutenberg