Cayes

See also: cayes

English

Etymology

French Cayes (literally “Keys”).

Proper noun

Cayes

1. A seaport and commune of Cayes borough, Sud department, Haiti
2. An arrondissement of the Sud department, Haiti

Alternative forms

• Les Cayes, Aux Cayes

Translations

port municipality

• French: Cayes, Les Cayes, Aux Cayes
• Haitian Creole: Okay
• Spanish: Los Cayos

borough-arrondissement

• French: Cayes, Les Cayes, Aux Cayes
• Haitian Creole: Okay
• Spanish: Los Cayos

French

Alternative forms

• Les Cayes, Aux Cayes

Etymology

From caye (“key”, literally “Keys”).

Proper noun

Cayes ?

1. Cayes (a seaport and commune of Cayes borough, Sud department, Haiti)
2. Cayes (an arrondissement of the Sud department, Haiti)

Descendants

• English: Cayes, Les Cayes, Aux Cayes
• Haitian Creole: Okay
• Spanish: Los Cayos