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Definition: Cayman |
CaymanNoun1. Alligator-like reptile of Central and South America having a more heavily armored belly. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cayman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
Synonym: CaymanSynonym: caiman (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cayman |
| English words defined with "cayman": Cayman Islands dollar ♦ George Town ♦ Jacare ♦ Yacare. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cayman": Alligator. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Cayman Triangle (1977) | |
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| "Beach Boy" by Igor Beres Commentary: "Portrait on the Grand Cayman beach..." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
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Business | Close to 80 percent of the companies operate from neighboring Bahrain, 11 percent are based in Lebanon, seven percent in the United Arab Emirates, and the balance in Jordan, while a couple operate from the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. (references) | |
Economic History | Cayman Islands | Constitution: 1972; called the Cayman Islands Order. (references) |
Cayman Islands | Judicial--Summary Court, Grand Court, Cayman Islands Court of Appeal, Her Majesty's Privy Council. (references) | |
Cayman Islands | About 550,000 U.S. citizens traveled to the Cayman Islands in 2000; some 1,000 Americans are resident there. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cayman" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 80.77% of the time. "Cayman" is used about 52 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 80.77% | 42 | 52,864 |
| Noun (singular) | 19.23% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 52 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cayman": Cayman Islands ♦ Cayman Islands dollar ♦ spectacled cayman. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "cayman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Aligator I Amerikës. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Кайман. (various references) | |
Czech | Kajman (caiman). (various references) | |
Danish | kajman. (various references) | |
Dutch | kaaiman. (various references) | |
Finnish | kaimaani (spectacled caiman). (various references) | |
French | caïman (caiman). (various references) | |
German | Kaiman (caiman). (various references) | |
Greek | καϊμάν (spectacled caiman), Είδοσ ίροκοδείλου Τησ Νότιασ Αμερικήσ, αλιγάτορας (alligator). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kajmán (caiman). (various references) | |
Indonesian | buaya (alligator, crocodile, villain). (various references) | |
Italian | caimano (caiman). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aymancay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | caimão (caiman). (various references) | |
Russian | Кайман, кайман (caiman). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kajman. (various references) | |
Spanish | caimán (alligator, caiman). (various references) | |
Swedish | Kajman (caiman). (various references) | |
Turkish | Tropikal Timsah, Timsah (alligator, crocodile). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Кайман. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cayman": caymans. (additional references) | |
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"Cayman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ackman, ayman, Cakmak, Calmann, Calymene, Caman, Camranh, cayan, caymann, caymen, Cayoma, Cityman, Citymax, Clymen, Crynant, Cymon, Faiman, Haymann, Kayumba, Kimyan, Mayman, Mccamman, Rayman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cayman" (pronounced kā"mun) |
| 4 | -ā" m u n | bayman, Daman, foramen, layman, laymen, shaman. |
| 3 | -m u n | famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, baseman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, footman, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-m-n-y" | |
-1 letter: mayan. | |
-2 letters: cyan, cyma, mana, many, maya, myna. | |
-3 letters: ama, ana, any, cam, can, cay, mac, man, may, nam, nay, yam. | |
-4 letters: aa, am, an, ay, ma, my, na, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-m-n-y" | |
+1 letter: caymans. | |
+2 letters: adamancy, adynamic, cyanamid, naumachy, rampancy, yachtman. | |
+3 letters: accompany, candygram, clamantly, cyanamide, cyanamids, dynamical, kanamycin, manically, yachtsman. | |
+4 letters: aerenchyma, anemically, candygrams, cavalryman, cavalrymen, cyanamides, kanamycins, malignancy, maniacally, parenchyma, pyromaniac. | |
+5 letters: aerenchymas, aerodynamic, campanology, condylomata, craftsmanly, dynamically, flamboyance, flamboyancy, manufactory, mythomaniac, paramountcy, parenchymal, parenchymas, pyromaniacs, rhabdomancy, syntagmatic. | |
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