cayo

Borrowed from Spanish cayo, from Taíno cayo (“small island”). Doublet of key.

cayo (plural cayos)

1. (Latin America) A small island or ledge of rock in the water; a key.

• acoy, CYOA, coya

Borrowed from Taíno cayo (“small island”).

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: ca‧yo
• Homophone: callo

cayo m (plural cayos)

1. (geography) key (island)

• → English: cay, cayo

• “cayo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28