cay

[ key, kee ]

noun

1. a small low island; key.

cay

/ kiː; keɪ /

noun

1. a small low island or bank composed of sand and coral fragments, esp in the Caribbean area Also calledkey

cay

/ kē,kā /

1. A small, low island composed largely of coral or sand.
2. Also called key

Word History and Origins

Origin of cay¹

1700–10; < Spanish cayo; key ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of cay¹

C18: from Spanish cayo, probably from Old French quai quay

Example Sentences

David Cay Johnston, who is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and long-time observer of Donald Trump, offers this counsel in an essay at DCReport about the corrupt ex-president and aspiring dictator’s felony conviction:

From Salon

In an attempt to make better sense of Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, what happens next with the jury and sentencing, if the much-discussed “walls” have finally closed in on Trump and how the corrupt ex-president is processing this reality, and the possibilities of violence by political cultists, I recently spoke with David Cay Johnston.

From Salon

The unidentified crew members died Friday while the Florida-based Nieuw Amsterdam was at Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas, Holland America said in a statement.

From Seattle Times

“Tax cheating became almost risk-free for the wealthiest Americans during the Trump years,” David Cay Johnson reported recently in the Nation.

From Los Angeles Times

In reality, he has always been an atheist who thinks that everything associated with religion is “bull***t,” according to investigative journalist David Cay Johnston, who has spent 30 years chronicling Trump.

From Salon