noun
a town on the westernmost of the Florida keys in the Gulf of Mexico
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑town
• Part Holonyms: ↑Florida, ↑Sunshine State, ↑Everglade State, ↑FL
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1. an island off S Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico. 4 mi. (6.4 km) long; 2 mi. (3.2 km) wide.
2. a seaport on this island: the southernmost city in the U.S.; naval base. 24,292.
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a city in southern Florida, on Key West Island, at the southern tip of the Florida Keys; pop. 24,832. It is the southernmost city in the continental U.S
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Key West [Key West]
the last island and town of the ↑Florida Keys. It is the most southern US town and is closer to Havana, Cuba, than to ↑Miami. Ernest Hemingway and John James Audubon lived there, and President Truman had a ‘summer White House’ on Key West for holidays. People who live there are called ‘conchs’ after the local ↑shellfish. Many artists live there.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.