Turks and Caicos Islands

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ)ks ən ˈkeɪkəs ˌaɪləndz/

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Proper noun

the Turks and Caicos Islands

1. An archipelago and overseas territory in the United Kingdom, in the Caribbean, abbreviated as TCI.

Synonyms

• Turks and Caicos (shortened, colloquial)

Translations

a British overseas territory in the Caribbean

• Arabic: جُزُر تَرْكْس وَكَايْكُوس f pl (juzur tarks wa-kaykus)
• Asturian: Islles Turques y Caicos (ast)
• Breton: Inizi Turks ha Caicos
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特克斯和凱科斯群島／特克斯和凯科斯群岛 (zh) (Tèkèsī hé Kǎikēsī qúndǎo)

• Danish: Turks- og Caicosøerne
• Dutch: Turks- en Caicoseilanden (nl)
• Esperanto: Turkoj kaj Kajkoj
• Estonian: Turksi ja Caicose saared
• Finnish: Turks- ja Caicossaaret (fi)
• French: îles Turques-et-Caïques (fr) f pl, îles Turks-et-Caïcos (fr) f pl
• German: Turks- und Caicosinseln f pl
• Greek: Νήσοι Τερκς και Κάικος (Nísoi Terks kai Káikos), Νήσοι Τερκς και Κέικος (el) (Nísoi Terks kai Kéikos)
• Indonesian: Kepulauan Turks dan Caicos
• Italian: Isole Turks e Caicos
• Japanese: タークス・カイコス諸島 (Tākusu-Kaikosu-shotō)
• Korean: 터크스 케이커스 제도 (Teokeuseu Keikeoseu jedo)
• Latin: Īnsulae Turcensēs et Caicensēs f pl
• Macedonian: Туркс и Кајкос (Turks i Kajkos)
• Norman: Îles Turks et Caicos f pl
• Polish: Turks i Caicos (pl)
• Portuguese: ilhas Turcas e Caicos f
• Romanian: Turks și Caicos
• Russian: острова́ Тёркс и Ка́йкос m pl (ostrová Tjorks i Kájkos)
• Serbo-Croatian: Otoci Turks i Caicos
• Spanish: islas Turcas y Caicos f
• Swedish: Turks- och Caicosöarna (sv), Turks and Caicos Islands
• Turkish: Turks ve Caicos Adaları (tr)

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world