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'''Mayaguana''' (from [[ |
'''Mayaguana''' (from [[Lucayan language]] ''Mayaguana'', meaning "Lesser Midwestern Land"{{cite book | title=Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles | publisher=University of Alabama Press | author=Granberry, Julian, & Gary Vescelius | year=2004 | location=Tuscaloosa, AL | isbn=0-8173-5123-X}}) is the easternmost island and [[Local government in The Bahamas#Districts of The Bahamas|district]] of [[The Bahamas]]. Its population was 277 in the 2010 census.{{cite web| website= bahamas.gov.bs| url= http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/wcm/connect/223ab176-5348-4982-9aba-bcfecc21c5fc/MAYAGUANA+POPULATION+BY+SETTLEMENT_2010+CENSUS.pdf?MOD=AJPERES |title= Mayaguana Population By Settlement and Total Number of Occupied Dwellings: 2010 Census |
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| publisher= Bahamas Department of Statistics}} It has an area of about {{cvt|280|km2}}. |
| publisher= Bahamas Department of Statistics}} It has an area of about {{cvt|280|km2}}. |
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== Etymology == |
== Etymology == |
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The Indigenous [[Lucayan people]] (Taíno) named the island ''Mayaguana'' (or ''Mariguana'') meaning "lesser mid-western land".{{Cite journal |last=Ahrens |first=Wolfgang P. |date=2015 |title=Naming the Bahamas Islands: History and Folk Etymology |url=https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/oc/article/view/14910 |journal=Onomastica Canadiana |language=en |volume=94 |issue=2 |page=101 |issn=2816-7015}} |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Mayaguana was inhabited by [[Lucayan people|Lucayans]] ( |
Mayaguana was inhabited by [[Lucayan people|Lucayans]] (Taíno) prior to the arrival of the Spanish following 1492. After the last of the Lucayans were carried off to [[Hispaniola]] by the Spanish early in the 16th century, the island remained uninhabited until 1812, when people began to migrate from the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]], which are located about {{cvt|100|km}} southeast. |
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The [[Brazil]]ian historian [[Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen]] suggested in 1824 that Mayaguana is [[Guanahani]], the first island visited by [[Christopher Columbus]] at his discovery of the [[Americas]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} His theory has found little support. ''Mayaguana'' apparently was the Lucayan name (meaning "Lesser Midwestern Land" ) for the island.{{cite book| first1= Julian| last1= Granberry |first2= Gary S.| last2= Vescelius |year= 2004| title= Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles| publisher= The University of Alabama Press| isbn= 0-8173-5123-X| page= 83}} |
The [[Brazil]]ian historian [[Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen]] suggested in 1824 that Mayaguana is [[Guanahani]], the first island visited by [[Christopher Columbus]] at his discovery of the [[Americas]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} His theory has found little support. ''Mayaguana'' apparently was the Lucayan name (meaning "Lesser Midwestern Land" ) for the island.{{cite book| first1= Julian| last1= Granberry |first2= Gary S.| last2= Vescelius |year= 2004| title= Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles| publisher= The University of Alabama Press| isbn= 0-8173-5123-X| page= 83}} |
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