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Cayman Islands
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English
Alternative forms
en Caiman Islands
Etymology
From en es Caymanes, variant of earlier en es Lagartos in reference to the early prevalence of marine and freshwater crocodiles on the islands. Spanish es caimán and Portuguese pt caimão are of uncertain etymology, being variously attributed to tnq kaimán, car acayouman, and kg -.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-Cayman Islands.wav CA
Proper noun
Cayman Islands 1
en Q5785en Three <<islands>> constituting an <<overseas territory>> of the <<c/United Kingdom>> in the <<r/Caribbean>> Sea.
en metonym Offshore bank accounts based in the Cayman Islands.
en figuratively by extension Tax havens.
Synonyms
en Caymans; en Cayman archaic
Derived terms
en Cayman Islander CYM
Translations
British territory in the Caribbean
Afrikaans: af Kaaimanseilande p
Albanian: sq Ishujt Cayman
Arabic: ar جُزُر كَايْمَان f-p
Armenian: hy Կայմանյան կղզիներ
Asturian: ast Islles Caimán
Azerbaijani: az Kayman adaları
Basque: eu Kaiman uharteak
Belarusian: be Кайма́навы астравы m-p
Breton: br Inizi Cayman
Bulgarian: bg Кайманови острови m-p
Catalan: ca Illes Caiman f-p
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 開曼群島 Kāimàn Qúndǎo, cmn 凱門群島 Kǎimén Qúndǎo
Czech: cs Kajmanské ostrovy m-p
Danish: da Caymanøerne
Dutch: nl Kaaimaneilanden p, nl Caymaneilanden p
Esperanto: eo Kajmaninsuloj
Estonian: et Kaimanisaared p
Finnish: fi Caymansaaret
French: fr îles Caïmans f-p, fr îles Caïmanes f-p
Galician: gl Illas Caimán f-p
Georgian: ka კაიმანის კუნძულები
German: de Kaimaninseln f-p
Alemannic German: gsw Kaimaninsle f-p
Bavarian: bar Kaimaninseln f-p
Greek: el Νησιά Κέυμαν n-p
Hebrew: he איי קיימן iyey kayman
Hindi: hi केमन द्वीपसमूह m
Hungarian: hu Kajmán-szigetek
Indonesian: id Kepulauan Cayman
Interlingua: ia Insulas Cayman
Irish: ga Oileáin Cayman m-p
Italian: it Isole Cayman f-p
Jamaican Creole: jam Kieman Ailanz p
Japanese: ja ケイマン諸島 Keiman shotō
Korean: ko ^케이맨 제도
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Giravên Kaymanê
Latvian: lv Kaimanu salas f-p
Lithuanian: lt Kaimãnai m-p, lt Kaimãnų Sãlos
Macedonian: mk Кајмански Острови p
Malay: ms Kepulauan Cayman
Maltese: mt Gżejjer Cayman il-Gżejjer Cayman
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Caymanøyene
Nynorsk: nn Caymanøyane
Polish: pl Kajmany
Portuguese: pt Ilhas Cayman f-p, pt Ilhas Caiman f-p, pt Ilhas Caimã f-p
Romanian: ro Cayman, ro Insulele Cayman f-p
Russian: ru Кайма́новы острова́ m-p
Scots: sco Cayman Islands p
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Кајмански отоци, sh Кајманска Острва n-p
Latin: sh Kajmanski otoci, sh Kajmanska Ostrva n-p
Slovak: sk Kajmanie ostrovy m-p
Slovene: sl Kajmanji otoki m-p
Spanish: es Islas Caimán f-p
Swedish: sv Caymanöarna
Turkish: tr Cayman Adaları p
Ukrainian: uk Кайма́нові Острови́ m-p
Walloon: wa Iyreyes Cayimans p
See also
Appendix:Countries of the world
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