cayn.

Brit.

/kiː/,

/keɪ/, U.S.

/ki/,

/keɪ/

Forms: see also key n.²

Etymology: < Spanish cayo shoal, rock, barrier-reef (1551), of uncertain origin: perhaps ultimately the same word as French quai quay n., or perhaps a loanword from an indigenous language of the Antilles. Originally the same word as key n.² In 17th cent. English, key was pronounced kay /keɪ/, whence, by assimilation, cay was also written key , spelling now usual in the West Indies (see key n.²).

A low insular bank of sand, mud, rock, coral, etc.; a sandbank; a range of low-lying reefs or rocks; originally applied to such islets around the coast and islands of Spanish America.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > reef > [noun]

skelly1513

reef1579

rockray1582

head1584

skerry1612

key1693

ridge1695

cay1707

1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. Introd. 86 Called by the Spaniards Cayos, whence by corruption comes the English word Keys.

1761 Descr. S. Carolina 63 There a pretty many Indians among the Kays, about the Cape of Florida.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Caies, a ridge of rocks, or sand-banks; called in the West Indies, keys.

1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 134 The misfortune to lose the Tyger on a cayo near the island of Tortuga.

1858 in Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 159 The Light on Bush Cay [Florida].

1860 in Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 71 A beacon..has been erected on this Cay [in Australia].

1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 6 Preamb. The islands and cays commonly known and designated as the ‘Caicos Islands’.

1884 Littell's Living Age 15 Mar. 674 The entrance..is protected by cays or coral reefs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cay
释义	cayn. Brit. /kiː/, /keɪ/, U.S. /ki/, /keɪ/ Forms: see also key n.² Etymology: < Spanish cayo shoal, rock, barrier-reef (1551), of uncertain origin: perhaps ultimately the same word as French quai quay n., or perhaps a loanword from an indigenous language of the Antilles. Originally the same word as key n.² In 17th cent. English, key was pronounced kay /keɪ/, whence, by assimilation, cay was also written key , spelling now usual in the West Indies (see key n.²). A low insular bank of sand, mud, rock, coral, etc.; a sandbank; a range of low-lying reefs or rocks; originally applied to such islets around the coast and islands of Spanish America. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > reef > [noun] skelly1513 reef1579 rockray1582 head1584 skerry1612 key1693 ridge1695 cay1707 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. Introd. 86 Called by the Spaniards Cayos, whence by corruption comes the English word Keys. 1761 Descr. S. Carolina 63 There a pretty many Indians among the Kays, about the Cape of Florida. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Caies, a ridge of rocks, or sand-banks; called in the West Indies, keys. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 134 The misfortune to lose the Tyger on a cayo near the island of Tortuga. 1858 in Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 159 The Light on Bush Cay [Florida]. 1860 in Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 71 A beacon..has been erected on this Cay [in Australia]. 1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 6 Preamb. The islands and cays commonly known and designated as the ‘Caicos Islands’. 1884 Littell's Living Age 15 Mar. 674 The entrance..is protected by cays or coral reefs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1707
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