cayenne-whist

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.
2. (lowercase) Also called cayenne whist. a variety of whist played with two full packs of 52 cards each.

noun

1. 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)

n.

“pungent dried pepper,” 1756, from Tupi (Brazil) kyynha “capsicum,” mistakenly associated with town of Cayenne in French Guyana. The town name is the French form of Guyana.