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/
Proper noun
the Turks and Caicos Islands
- 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)
- 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
- Roman: 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)
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