cayenne

Cay·enne

 (kī-ĕn′, kā-)

The capital of French Guiana, in the northeast part at the mouth of the Cayenne River. Founded by the French (1643), it was the center of a penal colony from the 1850s until the 1940s.

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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: 57 229 (2011)

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cay•enne

(kaɪˈɛn, keɪ-)

n.

1. a hot, biting condiment composed of the ground pods and seeds of the pepper Capsicum annuum longum.

2. the long, wrinkled fruit of this plant.

Also called cayenne′ pep′per.

[1750–60; earlier cayan < Tupi kyinha]

Cay•enne

(kaɪˈɛn, keɪ-)

n.

the capital of French Guiana. 38,135.

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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

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Translations

Cayenne

pepe di Caienna

Caiena

cayenne

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

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cayenne

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

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cayenne

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

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