Cayenne (redirected from Caiena)

Cay·enne  (k-n, k-)

The capital of French Guiana, on Cayenne Island at the mouth of the Cayenne River. Founded by the French in 1643, it was the center of a penal colony from the 1850s until the 1940s. Population: 61,600.

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Cayenne [keɪˈɛn]

n

(Placename) the capital of French Guiana, on an island at the mouth of the Cayenne River: French penal settlement from 1854 to 1938. Pop.: 50 594 (1999)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cayenne - plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper chilli, chilly, chile, chili, chili pepper - very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency red pepper, cayenne, cayenne pepper - ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum genus Capsicum, Capsicum - chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper - any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
	2.	cayenne - ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum red pepper, cayenne pepper flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning, seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper - plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
	3.	cayenne - a long and often twisted hot red pepper cayenne pepper chilli, chilly, chile, chili, chili pepper - very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

Translations

cayenne [ˈkeɪen] N (also cayenne pepper) → pimentón m picante

cayenne [keɪˈɛn] n → poivre m de cayenne
cayenne pepper [kaɪˌɛnˈpɛpə^r] n → poivre m de cayenne

cayenne [ˈkeɪɛn] n cayenne (pepper) → pepe m di Caienna