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Noun
/kē/,/kā/,
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cays, plural;
  1. A low bank or reef of coral, rock, or sand

  1. (cay) key: a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
  2. A cay (also spelled caye or key and or, due to its spelling) is a small, low-elevation, sandy island formed on the surface of coral reefs. ...
  3. (CAY) The Cayman Islands (or) is a British Overseas Territory located in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica. ...
  4. (Cay (band)) Cay were an alternative rock band from Camden, London, with members from the Netherlands, Sweden, London and Northern Ireland. The band released one album and recorded several radio sessions for the BBC.
  5. (Cay (mythology)) Maya mythology is part of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all of the Mayan tales in which personified forces of nature, deities, and the heroes interacting with these play the main roles. ...
  6. (Cay (volcano)) Cay is a stratovolcano in the South Volcanic Zone of the Andes in Aysén Region, Chile. The volcano is located 15 km northeast of the larger Maca Volcano and about 230 km of the Chile Trench at the intersection of NW-SE and NE-SW faults of the Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone.
  7. (The Cay) The Cay is a children's novel written by Theodore Taylor. The story is based on a true incident recounted to the author wherein an eleven year-old survivor of a torpedo attack later died alone on a raft. The novel was published in 1969 and dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. ...
  8. (cay) A small, low island largely made of sand or coral
  9. (CAY) Compensatory Added Years
  10. (Cay) Pronounced like “key”, it is a type of island that is a low bank or reef made of accumulated sand, coral, or rock. Usually, if the accumulated sediments are predominantly sand, it is a cay; if it is predominantly rock or gravel, it is a motu.
  11. (cay (n)) A low island, coral reef or sandbank off a mainland
  12. (cay) In Belize low island or reef of sand or coral. The customary spelling in the United States, key, is not used in Belize.
  13. (cay) pronounced " key " - term for a small island, used primarily in the Caribbean, such as
  14. (cây) used for stick-like objects (plants, guns, canes, etc.)
  15. small, low-elevation, sandy islands formed on the surface of a coral reef. Material eroded from the reef piles up on parts of the reef or lagoon, forming an area above sea level. Plants can stabilize cays enough to become habitable by humans. ...