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Help[Facts] Re: "Aruba"
in reply to a message by minikupcake
Aruba is an island and the meaning of the name of it isn't sure. Some theories are:
- A combination of the Carribean words oro and oubao meaning: "shell" and "island".
- The Guarani-Indians called it oirubae which means "companion"; the island was seen as a companion of Curaçao (Another island)
- Derived from the Spanish oro hubo meaning: "there was gold".
- The name of an area around Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela "Oruba", where some of the original natives to Aruba came from.
- Derived from the word uru, which means "canoe", making it "canoe-island", because it was only reachable by canoe.
I don't know if Aruba means something in Arabic, I've never heard it used as a name for a person.
- A combination of the Carribean words oro and oubao meaning: "shell" and "island".
- The Guarani-Indians called it oirubae which means "companion"; the island was seen as a companion of Curaçao (Another island)
- Derived from the Spanish oro hubo meaning: "there was gold".
- The name of an area around Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela "Oruba", where some of the original natives to Aruba came from.
- Derived from the word uru, which means "canoe", making it "canoe-island", because it was only reachable by canoe.
I don't know if Aruba means something in Arabic, I've never heard it used as a name for a person.
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