Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands are an island group in the Caribbean Sea, 90 mi south of Cuba. They are a self-governing British Overseas Territory. The stunning coral reefs and outstandingly clear waters have made this island group a popular destination for divers.
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Grand Cayman
Grand Cayman, shaped like a giant claw "pinching" the North Sound, is the largest of the three islands in the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory. Photo: Burtonpe, CC BY-SA 3.0.Cayman Brac
Cayman Brac is a 14-square-mile island in the Cayman Islands. Photo: CommonsHelper2 Bot, CC BY 2.5.Little Cayman
Little Cayman is the smallest and least developed of the three Cayman Islands. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.- Type: Country
- Description: British overseas territory in the Caribbean
- Categories: British overseas territories, island group and locality
- Location: Caribbean, North America
- Language: English
Cayman Islands
Latitude of center
19.5° or 19° 30' northLongitude of center
-80.6° or 80° 36' westPopulation
49,000Area
101 miles² (262 km²)Capital
George TownCurrency
Dollar (KYD)Phone code
.kyInternet domain
+1-345OpenStreetMap ID
node 249399364GeoNames ID
3580718Also Known As
- Afar: Kaymanov atawları
- Afrikaans: Kaaimanseilande
- Akan: Cayman Supɔws
- Akan: Kemanfo Islands
- Albanian: Ishujt Cayman
- Albanian: Ishujt Kajman
- Amharic: ከይመን ደሴቶች
- Amharic: ካይማን ደሴቶች
- Arabic: Kapuropud-an Cayman
- Arabic: جزر الكايمان
- Arabic: جزر الكايمن
- Arabic: جزر كايمان
- Aragonese: Islas Caimán
- Armenian: Կայմանյան կղզիներ
- Assamese: কেইমেন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
- Asturian; Bable: Islles Caimán
- Azerbaijani: Kayman Adaları
- Azerbaijani: Kayman adaları
- Bambara: Bama Gun
- Bashkir: Кайман утрауҙары
- Basque: Kaiman Uharteak
- Basque: Kaiman uharteak
- Belarusian: Кайманавы астравы
- Bengali: কেইম্যান দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
- Bengali: কেম্যান দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
- Bishnupriya: কায়ম্যান দ্বীপমালা
- Bosnian: Kajmanska Ostrva
- Bosnian: Kajmanska ostrva
- Breton: Inizi Cayman
- Bulgarian: Кайманови острови
- Burmese: ကေမန် ကျွန်းစု
- Catalan: Illes Caiman
- Cebuano: Isla sa Cayman
- Central Bicolano: Islas Caiman
- Central Bicolano: Kaiislahang Cayman
- Central Kurdish: دوورگەکانی کەیمەن
- Chechen: Кайман гӀайренаш
- Chechen: Кайманийн гӀайренаш
- Cherokee: ᎨᎢᎹᏂ ᏚᎦᏚᏛᎢ
- Chinese: Cayman Kûn-tó
- Chinese: 凯门群岛
- Chinese: 开曼群岛 / 開曼群島
- Chinese: 开曼群岛
- Chinese: 盖曼群岛
- Chinese: 開曼羣島
- Chinese: 開曼群島
- Cornish: Ynysow Kayman
- Croatian: Kajmanski Otoci
- Croatian: Kajmanski otoci
- Czech: Kajmanské ostrovy
- Danish: Caymanøerne
- Dimli: Adey Kaymani
- Divehi: ކޭމަން ޖަޒީރާ
- Dutch: CYM
- Dutch: Caymaneilanden
- Dutch: KY
- Dutch: Kaaiman-Eilanden
- Dutch: Kaaimaneilanden
- Dzongkha: ཁེ་མེན་གླིང་ཚོམ
- Egyptian Spoken Arabic: جزر كايمان
- English, Old (ca.450-1100): Cægman Iegland
- English, Old (ca.450-1100): Cægman Īegland
- English: CAY
- English: ky
- Esperanto: Kajmana Insularo
- Esperanto: Kejmanoj
- Estonian: Kaimanisaared
- Ewe: Kayman ƒudomekpowo nutome
- Extremaduran: Islas Caimán
- Faroese: Caymanoyggjar
- Faroese: Caymanoyggjarnar
- Finnish: Caymansaaret
- Franco-Provençal: Iles Cayimans
- French: Iles Caïmanes
- French: iles caimans
- French: Îles Caïman
- French: Îles Caïmanes
- French: Îles Caïmans
- French: îles Caïmans
- Frisian: Caymaneilannen
- Frisian: Kaaimaneilannen
- Fulah: Duuɗe Kaymaa
- Gaelic (Scots): Na h-Eileanan Caimean
- Gagauz: Kayman Adaları
- Gallegan: Illas Caimán - Cayman Islands
- Gallegan: Illas Caimán
- Ganda: Bizinga ebya Kayimaani
- Georgian: კაიმანის კუნძულები
- German: Cayman Islands
- German: Kaiman-Inseln
- German: Kaimaninseln
- German: Lagartos
- German: Las Caymanas
- German: Las Tortugas
- Greek: Κέιμαν Νήσοι
- Greek: Νήσοι Κέιμαν
- Greek: Νησιά Κέιμαν
- Greek: Νησιά Καϋμάν
- Guianese Creole French: Zil Kayiman
- Gujarati: કેમન આઇલેન્ડ્સ
- Gujarati: કેમેન આઇલેન્ડ્સ
- Gujarati: કેમેન આયલેન્ડ્સ
- Haitian; Haitian Creole: Kayman
- Haitian; Haitian Creole: Zile Kayiman
- Hakka Chinese: Cayman Khiùn-tó
- Hausa: Cayman Khiùn-tó
- Hausa: Tsibiran Kaiman
- Hebrew: איי קיימן
- Hindi: केमन द्वीपसमूह
- Hindi: केमैन द्वीपसमूह
- Hindi: कैमेन द्वीपसमूह
- Hungarian: Kajmán-szigetek
- Icelandic: Caymaneyjar
- Ido: Insuli Kaiman
- Ido: Kaiman-Insuli
- Igbo: Agwaetiti Cayman
- Inari Sami: Caymansuolluuh
- Indonesian: Kepulauan Cayman
- Indonesian: Kepulauan Kayman
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Insulas de Caiman
- Irish: Oileáin Cayman
- Italian: Isole Cayman
- Jamaican Creole English: Kieman Ailanz
- Japanese: ケイマン諸島
- Javanese: Kapuloan Cayman
- Javanese: Kapuloan Kéman
- Kalaallisut: Cayman qeqertaq
- Kannada: ಕೇಮನ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು
- Kara-Kalpak: Kaymanov atawları
- Kashmiri: کیمَن جٔزیٖرٕ
- Kazakh: Кайман аралдары
- Khmer: កោះកៃម៉ង់
- Kikuyu: Visiwa vya Kayman
- Kinyarwanda: Ibirwa bya Kayimani
- Kirghiz: Кайман аралдары
- Korean: 케이맨 제도
- Korean: 케이맨제도
- Kurdish: Giravên Caymanê
- Kurdish: Giravên Kaymanê
- Lao: ໝູ່ເກາະ ເຄແມນ
- Latin: Insulae Caimanenses
- Latvian: Kaimanu Salas
- Latvian: Kaimanu salas
- Letzeburgesch: Kaimaninselen
- Ligurian: Isoe Cayman
- Limburgish, Limburger, Limburgan: Kaojmaanseilen
- Lingala: Bisanga bya Kayíma
- Lithuanian: Kaimanų Salos
- Lithuanian: Kaimanų salos
- Low German; Low Saxon: Kaimaninseln
- Luba-Katanga: Lutanda lua Kayima
- Macedonian: Кајмански Острови
- Malagasy: Nosy Kayman
- Malay (generic): Cayman Islands
- Malay (generic): Kepulauan Cayman
- Malayalam: കേയ്മാൻ ദ്വീപുകൾ
- Malayalam: കേയ്മൻ ദ്വീപുകൾ
- Maltese: Gżejjer Cayman
- Maltese: Gżejjer Kajman
- Maltese: il-Gżejjer Cayman
- Manipuri: ꯀꯦꯃꯦꯟ ꯏꯊꯠꯁꯤꯡ
- Maori: nga Moutere Cayman
- Marathi: केमन द्वीपसमूह
- Marathi: केमन बेटे
- Min Dong Chinese: Cayman Gùng-dō̤
- Min Nan Chinese: Cayman Kûn-tó
- Mingrelian: კაიმანიშ კოკეფი
- Mongolian: Кайманы арлууд
- Mongolian: ꯀꯦꯃꯦꯟ ꯏꯊꯠꯁꯤꯡ
- Ndebele, North: Cayman Islands
- Nepali: केयमान टापु
- Northern Frisian: Kaiman Eilunen
- Northern Sami: Cayman-sullot
- Norwegian: Caymanøyene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Caymanøyene
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Caymanøyane
- Novial: Kayman Isles
- Occitan (post 1500); Provençal: Illas Caiman
- Occitan (post 1500); Provençal: Islas Caiman
- Oriya: କେମନ୍ ଦ୍ଵୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ
- Oriya: କେମନ୍ ଦ୍ୱୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ
- Oriya: କେମ୍ୟାନ୍ ଦ୍ୱୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ
- Ossetian; Ossetic: Кайманы сакъадæхтæ
- Panjabi: ਕੇਮਨ ਟਾਪੂ
- Panjabi: ਕੇਮੈਨ ਟਾਪੂ
- Persian: جزایر کِیمن
- Persian: جزایر کیمن
- Piemontese: Ìsole Caiman
- Polish: Kajmany
- Portuguese: Ilhas Caiman
- Portuguese: Ilhas Caimã
- Portuguese: Ilhas Caimão
- Portuguese: Ilhas Cayman
- Pushto: کیمان ټاپوګان
- Quechua: Islas Caimán
- Raeto-Romance: Inslas Cayman
- Romanian: Insulele Cayman
- Rundi: Ibirwa bya Keyimani
- Russian: Каймановы Острова
- Russian: Каймановы острова
- Russian: Острова Кайман
- Russian: острова Кайман
- Sango: Âzûâ Ngundë, Kaimäni
- Schwyzerdütsch: Kaimaninsle
- Scots: Cayman Islands
- Serbian: Кајманска Острва
- Serbo-Croatian: Kajmanski Otoci
- Serbo-Croatian: Kajmanski otoci
- Shan: မူႇၵုၼ် ၶေးမႅၼ်း
- Shona: Zvitsuwa zveCayman
- Sicilian: Cayman Islands
- Sindhi: ڪي مين ٻيٽ
- Sinhalese: කේමන් දුපත්
- Sinhalese: කේමන් දූපත
- Sinhalese: කේමන් දූපත්
- Slovak: Kajmanie ostrovy
- Slovak: Kajmanské ostrovy
- Slovenian: Kajmanji otoki
- Slovenian: Kajmanski otoki
- Somali: Cayman Islands
- Sorbian, Lower: Kajmany
- South Azerbaijani: کئیمن آدالاری
- South Azerbaijani: کیمن آدالاری
- Spanish: Cayman Islands
- Spanish: Islas Caiman
- Spanish: Islas Caimán
- Sundanese: Kapuloan Kayman
- Swahili (generic): Cayman
- Swahili (generic): Visiwa vya Cayman
- Swedish: Caymanöarna
- Tagalog: Kapuluang Kayman
- Tajik: Ҷазираҳои Кайман
- Tamil: கெய்மென் தீவுகள்
- Tamil: கேமன் தீவுகள்
- Tatar: Кайман утраулары
- Telugu: కేమన్ దీవులు
- Telugu: కేమాన్ దీవులు
- Thai: หมู่เกาะเคย์แมน
- Tibetan: ཁེ་མེན་གླིང་ཕྲན།
- Tigrinya: ደሴታት ኬይማን
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): ʻOtumotu Keimeni
- Tosk Albanian: Kaimaninseln
- Turkish: Cayman Adaları
- Turkmen: Kaýman adalary
- Uighur: كايمان ئاراللىرى
- Uighur: كايمان تاقىم ئاراللىرى
- Ukrainian: Кайманові острови
- Urdu: جزائر کیمین
- Urdu: کیمین آئلینڈز
- Uzbek: Kayman Orollari
- Uzbek: Kayman orollari
- Venetian: Ìzołe Caiman
- Vietnamese: Quần Đảo Cayman
- Vietnamese: Quần đảo Cayman
- Walloon: Iyreye des Cayimans
- Waray (Philippines): Kapuropud-an Cayman
- Welsh: Ynysoedd Caiman
- Welsh: Ynysoedd Cayman
- Western Mari: Кайман ошмаотывлӓ
- Western Panjabi: کیمین جزیرے
- Wolof: Duni Kaymaan
- Wolof: Duni Kaymaŋ
- Wu Chinese: 开曼群岛
- Yiddish: קיימאַן אינזלען
- Yiddish: קיימאן אינזלען
- Yoruba: Etíokun Kámánì
- Yoruba: Àwọn Erékùṣù Káímàn
- Yue Chinese: 開曼羣島
- Yue Chinese: 開曼群島
- Zulu: i-Cayman Islands
- Cayman-eyjar
- Isolas Caiman
- Kaaimaneilen
- Кайманові Острови
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