Wednesday, October 26, 2011

In Caribbean sea there is a island which name is "Turks Island". Where its name come from?

I want to learn where this name come from. Is there a relation with Turkey? And who gived this name and why. I ask only for my curiosity. If you answer ?'ll be happy. :)
thanks
In Caribbean sea there is a island which name is "Turks Island". Where its name come from?
"The name Turks is derived after the indigenous Turk's Head "fez" cactus, and the name Caicos is a Lucayan term "caya hico," meaning string of islands. Columbus was said to have discovered the islands in 1492, but some still argue that Ponce de Leon arrived first. Whichever it was, the first people to truly discover the islands were the Taino Indians, who unfortunately left little behind but ancient utensils. Then the Lucayans eventually replaced the Tainos but by the middle of the 16th Century they too had disappeared, victims of Spanish enslavement and imported disease."
In Caribbean sea there is a island which name is "Turks Island". Where its name come from?
The name comes from the blue turquoise (in French = Turkish stone) waters surrounding those islands.
The name comes from the blue turquoise (in French = Turkish stone) waters surrounding those islands.

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