Turks and Caicos Islands

English

Etymology

Turks from the Turk's cap cactus (Melocactus) that grows in the region + Caicos from Lucayan Taíno caya hico, meaning 'string of islands'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ)ks ən ˈkeɪkəs ˌaɪləndz/

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Proper noun

the Turks and Caicos Islands

2. An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean.

   Synonyms: TCI (abbreviation), Turks and Caicos (by ellipsis)

Translations

a British overseas territory in the Caribbean

• Afrikaans: Turks- en Caicoseilande pl
• Albanian: Turks dhe Kaikos
• Arabic: جُزُر تَرْكْس وَكَايْكُوس f pl (juzur tarks wa-kaykus)
• Armenian: Թերքս և Քայքոս կղզիներ (Tʻerkʻs ew Kʻaykʻos kġziner)
• Asturian: Islles Turques y Caicos (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Törks və Kaykos adaları pl
• Belarusian: Цёркс і Кайкас (Cjorks i Kajkas)
• Breton: Inizi Turks ha Caicos
• Bulgarian: Търкс и Кайкос (Tǎrks i Kajkos)
• Catalan: Illes Turks i Caicos f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特克斯和凱科斯群島 / 特克斯和凯科斯群岛 (zh) (Tèkèsī hé Kǎikēsī qúndǎo)

• Czech: Ostrovy Turks a Caicos m pl
• Danish: Turks- og Caicosøerne
• Dutch: Turks- en Caicoseilanden (nl)
• Esperanto: Turkoj kaj Kajkoj
• Estonian: Turksi ja Caicose saared
• Finnish: Turks- ja Caicossaaret (fi)
• French: îles Turques-et-Caïques (fr) f pl, îles Turks-et-Caïcos (fr) f pl
• Galician: Illas Turks e Caicos f pl
• Georgian: ტერქსისა და კაიკოსის კუნძულები (ṭerksisa da ḳaiḳosis ḳunʒulebi)
• German: Turks- und Caicosinseln f pl
• Greek: Νήσοι Τερκς και Κάικος (Nísoi Terks kai Káikos), Νήσοι Τερκς και Κέικος (el) (Nísoi Terks kai Kéikos)
• Hungarian: Turks- és Caicos-szigetek
• Indonesian: Kepulauan Turks dan Caicos
• Italian: Isole Turks e Caicos f pl
• Japanese: タークス・カイコス諸島 (Tākusu-Kaikosu-shotō)
• Korean: 터크스 케이커스 제도 (Teokeuseu Keikeoseu jedo)
• Latin: Īnsulae Turcensēs et Caicensēs f pl
• Latvian: Tērksas un Kaikosas m
• Lithuanian: Terksas ir Kaikosas m
• Macedonian: Туркс и Кајкос (Turks i Kajkos)
• Norman: Îles Turks et Caicos f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Turks- og Caicosøyene

  Nynorsk: Turks- og Caicosøyane

• Polish: Turks i Caicos (pl) nvir pl
• Portuguese: ilhas Turcas e Caicos f pl
• Romanian: Turks și Caicos
• Russian: острова́ Тёркс и Ка́йкос m pl (ostrová Tjorks i Kájkos)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Отоци Теркс и Кејкос m pl

  Latin: Otoci Turks i Caicos m pl

• Slovak: Ostrovy Turks a Caicos m pl
• Slovene: Otoki Turks in Caicos m pl
• Spanish: islas Turcas y Caicos f pl
• Swedish: Turks- och Caicosöarna (sv), Turks and Caicos Islands
• Turkish: Turks ve Caicos Adaları (tr) pl
• Ukrainian: острови Теркс і Кайкос m pl (ostrovy Terks i Kajkos)

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world