Cayman Islands

English

Alternative forms

Caiman Islands

Etymology

From Spanish Caymanes, variant of earlier Spanish Lagartos in reference to the early prevalence of marine and freshwater crocodiles on the islands. Spanish caimán and Portuguese caimão are of uncertain etymology, being variously attributed to Taíno kaimán, Galibi Carib acayouman, and Kongo.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Cayman Islands

Three islands in the Caribbean Sea constituting an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.

Synonyms

Caymans; Cayman (archaic)

Derived terms

Cayman Islander
CYM

Translations

British territory in the Caribbean

Arabic: جُزُر كَايْمَان‎ f pl (juzur kāymān)
Bavarian: Kaimaninseln f pl
Breton: Inizi Cayman
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開曼群島／开曼群岛 (zh) (Kāimàn Qúndǎo), 凱門群島／凯门群岛 (Kǎimén Qúndǎo)
Danish: Caymanøerne
Dutch: Kaaimaneilanden (nl) pl, Caymaneilanden (nl) pl
Esperanto: Kajmaninsuloj
Estonian: Kaimanisaared pl
Finnish: Caymansaaret (fi)
French: Îles Caïmans (fr) f pl, îles Caïmanes (fr) f pl
German: Kaimaninseln f pl
Alemannic German: Kaimaninsle f pl
Greek: Νησιά Κέυμαν n pl (Nisiá Kéyman)
Hebrew: איי קיימן‎ (iyey kayman)
Hungarian: Kajmán-szigetek (hu)
Interlingua: Insulas Cayman
Jamaican Creole: Kieman Ailanz pl
Japanese: ケイマン諸島 (Keiman shotō)
Korean: 케이맨 제도 (Keimaen jedo)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Giravên Kaymanê (ku)
Macedonian: Кајмански Острови pl (Kajmanski Ostrovi)
Maltese: il-Gżejjer Cayman
Polish: Kajmany (pl)
Portuguese: Ilhas Cayman (pt)
Romanian: Cayman, Insulele Cayman m
Russian: Кайма́новы острова́ m pl (Kajmánovy ostrová)
Scots: Cayman Islands pl
Serbo-Croatian: Kajmanski otoci, Kejmanska Ostrva n pl
Spanish: Islas Caimán (es) f pl
Swedish: Caymanöarna (sv)
Walloon: Iyreyes Cayimans pl