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CAYMAN ISLANDS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cayman Islands mean?
• CAYMAN ISLANDS (noun)
The noun CAYMAN ISLANDS has 1 sense:
1. a British colony in the Caribbean to the northwest of Jamaica; an international banking center
Familiarity information: CAYMAN ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A British colony in the Caribbean to the northwest of Jamaica; an international banking center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
colony; dependency (a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country)
Meronyms (parts of "Cayman Islands"):
George Town (the capital of the Cayman Islands)
Holonyms ("Cayman Islands" is a part of...):
the Indies; West Indies (the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area)
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