18 апр. 2018 г. · “Key,” as we've said, was originally a variant spelling of “cay.” As for “cay,” it was derived from the 16th-century Spanish word cayo (shoal or ...

17 авг. 2018 г. · A quay is a physical, man-made structure. Despite its spelling, cay (sometimes “caye”) is pronounced exactly the same way (“kee”).

Cay, pronounced the same as key, is also a noun, and we use it to refer to a small island. But, as I mentioned above, it's a spelling rooted in the Caribbean.

11 апр. 2007 г. · The English translation is Coconut Key. If you refer to it by it's charted name, Little Stirrup Cay, you would pronounce cay as key. Clear as ...

While Virgin Islanders prefer to say the word “Key” as though it's spelled like “Cay,” according to the lexicon gods, pronunciation of the word “cay” is ...

7 мар. 2019 г. · “Cay” is usually pronounced the same way (KEE), but some dictionaries give an alternate pronunciation, KAY. “Quay” was originally pronounced KEE ...

The English words key and quay (which means wharf) come from the old French kai meaning "sand bank". Because it is a Taíno word, "cay" (and the other forms) are ...

3 июл. 2013 г. · It's pronounced key, just like those things we use in locks. ... Most of the Caribbean nations spell it C-A-Y though and pronounce it key.

1 апр. 2014 г. · I go with what the locals say. If they say KEY, it's key. If they say CAY, it's cay.