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, Kari'na acayouman, and Kongo.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

the Cayman Islands

2. Three islands constituting an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea.
3. (metonymic) Offshore bank accounts based in the Cayman Islands.
4. (figuratively, by extension) Tax havens.

Synonyms

• Caymans; Cayman (archaic)

Derived terms

• Cayman Islander
• CYM

Translations

British territory in the Caribbean

• Arabic: جُزُر كَايْمَان f pl (juzur kāymān)
• Asturian: Islles Caimán (ast)
• Bavarian: Kaimaninseln f pl
• Breton: Inizi Cayman (br)
• 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
• Italian: Isole Cayman f pl
• Irish: Oileáin Cayman m pl
• 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)

• Lithuanian: Kaimãnai (lt) m pl, Kaimãnų Sãlos
• Macedonian: Кајмански Острови pl (Kajmanski Ostrovi)
• Maltese: il-Gżejjer Cayman
• Polish: Kajmany (pl)
• Portuguese: Ilhas Cayman (pt)
• Romanian: Cayman, Insulele Cayman f pl
• 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

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world