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cayo
Taino · pre-1500s
"a small island or islet"
named a small low island or reef
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cayo
Spanish · 1530s
"a small low island, especially of sand or coral"
adopted by Spanish sailors mapping the Caribbean's small islands
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cay
English · 1690s
"a low island or reef of sand or coral"
anglicized into English, later also spelled 'key' as in the Florida Keys
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