key west
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.90 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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An island in the Florida Keys, the westernmost significant cay in the archipelago.
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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.
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An unincorporated community in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, regarded as the key to the west.
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An unincorporated community in Polk County, Minnesota, United States.
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A rural municipality in southern Saskatchewan, Canada, named after Key West in Florida; in full, the Rural Municipality of Key West No. 70.
Etymology
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.