Key Largo

proper noun

An island in the Florida Keys, the largest significant cay in the archipelago in Florida, United States.

OriginSpanish Cayo Largo →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An island in the Florida Keys, the largest significant cay in the archipelago in Florida, United States.

    Coast-to-coast, L.A. to Chicago: Western male / Across the North and South, to Key Largo: love for sale

    1984, “Smooth Operator”, in Diamond Life, performed by Sade
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    Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya / Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama / Key Largo, Montego / Baby why don't we go

    1988, “Kokomo”, in Still Cruisin', performed by The Beach Boys
  2. A census-designated place on the island of Key Largo, Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida.

Origin

  1. SpanishCayo Largo
  2. EnglishKey Largo

From key (“cay”) + Spanish largo (“length”), from Spanish Cayo Largo, from being the first long significant cay in the Florida Keys archipelago, out from the mainland.

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Translations

Spanish Cayo Largo, Cayo Largo del Norte
  • Cayo Largoisland in the Florida Keys, Florida, USA
  • Cayo Largo del Norteisland in the Florida Keys, Florida, USA
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APA

Key Largo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Key%20Largo

MLA

“Key Largo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Key%20Largo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Key Largo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Key%20Largo.

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