Cervical has multiple meanings in the human body. The word cervix is derived from the Latin root word cervix which means neck. For this reason, the word cervical pertains to many areas where tissues narrow to a neck-like passage, and not only in your neck.
Cay /cay/ [1 syll.] as a name for girls is of Greek derivation, and Cay means pure. Cay is a variant transcription of Catherine (Greek): from katharos. Cay is also a derivative of Katherine (Greek).
The term Catagayan, the place where the tagay grows was shortened to Cagayan. Perhaps more conventionally, etymological scholars hold that cagayan comes from an ancient word that means river. Variations of this wordâkarayan, kayayan, and kalayanâall mean river.