Key West

American  

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.

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Example Sentences

The FAA also cordoned off a triangular zone south of Key West.

From Salon

There’s a proposal to turn Jimmy Buffett’s Key West recording studio into a margarita bar.

From The Wall Street Journal

On a curvy dockside stretch in Key West, Fla., called Lazy Way Lane is a worn out white bunker building with no windows.

From The Wall Street Journal

So we decided at this Key West Literary Festival to talk about how we loved what most people call “Lifetime movies.”

From Salon

On a family trip to Key West, the southernmost point of the continental U.S. was so mobbed; we could only take a picture of the mob.

From The Wall Street Journal