Key West

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专有名词
  1. An island in the Florida Keys, the westernmost significant cay in the archipelago.
  2. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Florida, United States in the Florida Keys, situated on the island of Key West and surrounding islands.
  3. An unincorporated community in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, regarded as the key to the west.
  4. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Minnesota, United States.
  5. A subdivision in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.
  6. A rural municipality in southern Saskatchewan, Canada, named after Key West in Florida; in full, the Rural Municipality of Key West No. 70.

词源

Borrowed from Spanish Cayo Hueso (literally “Bone Cay”), which was coined in reference to the indigenous use of the island as a gravesite. Modified by folk etymology to Key + West as it is the westernmost inhabited island of the Florida Keys.
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