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CAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cay mean?
• CAY (noun)
The noun CAY has 1 sense:
1. a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
Familiarity information: CAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
cay; Florida key; key
Hypernyms ("cay" is a kind of...):
coral reef (a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone)
Holonyms ("cay" is a part of...):
Everglade State; FL; Fla.; Florida; Sunshine State (a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. In Spanish, Florida means Flowery)
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