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語源 1

From Spanish cayo, from Taíno.

別の表記

• key

名詞

cay (plural cays or cayes)

1. A small, low island largely made of sand or coral.

派生語

参考

• isle, islet, island

語源 2

See quay.

名詞

cay (plural cays)

1. Obsolete spelling of quay (“structure for loading vessels”).
   • 1640, William Lithgow, The Totall Discourse, of the rare Adventures, and painefull Peregrinations of long nineteene yeares Travailes […]‎, page 130:

     But (by your leave) I had a hard welcome in my landing, for bidding farewell to the Turkes, who had kindly used me three dayes, in our passage from the Castles, the Master of the boate saying adio Christiano: There were foure French Runnagates standing on the Cay; who hearing these words, fell desperatly upon me blaspheming the Name of Jesus, and throwing me to the ground, beate me most cruelly: […]

   • 1666, A Relation of the Defeating Card. Mazarine & Oliv. Cromwel’s Design […]‎, page 128:

     But to return to our Enemies: being disembarked, they began to form a Squadron of 1500. men upon the Cay, which was nearest to the Town; […]

参考

• vay-cay

アナグラム

• -acy, YAC, cya, CYA