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The word caimito is possibly a Spanish adaptation (-ito being the Spanish diminutive) of the Taino word caima, possibly related to the Carib acayouman, meaning crocodile (see caiman). [ 6 ] Assigned as a suburb of Río Piedras in 1835 by Pedro Tomás de Córdova , who was Captain General of Puerto Rico from 1816 to 1836, Caimito consisted of ...
Caimito was in Spain's gazetteers [6] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States.
Caimito may refer to: Caimito or Chrysophyllum cainito, a tropical fruit also known as star apple; Caimito, Sucre, a town in Colombia; Caimito, Cuba, a town in Artemisa Province (before 2011 in Havana Province) Caimito, Panama; Caimito, San Juan, Puerto Rico, a barrio; Caimito, Juncos, Puerto Rico, a barrio; Caimito, Yauco, Puerto Rico, a barrio
Puerto Rico Highway 798 (PR-798) is a road located between the municipalities of Caguas, Puerto Rico, and San Juan, [4] and it corresponds to an original segment of the historic Carretera Central. [5]
The Piedras River, better known as Río Piedras in Spanish, is a river of San Juan, Puerto Rico.The river gives its name to Río Piedras, a former town and municipality, today a district of San Juan.
Gurabo Arriba was in Spain's gazetteers [6] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States.
Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve consists mainly of a large peninsula located in the north-westernmost corner of Puerto Rico and its surrounding bodies of water. The reserve is connected to the west to Seven Seas State Park (Parque Nacional Seven Seas) and the Northeast Ecological Corridor, and by sea in the east to La Cordillera Reef Nature Reserve, a large protected marine area consisting ...
The Spanish of Puerto Rico has evolved into having many idiosyncrasies in vocabulary and syntax that differentiate it from the Spanish spoken elsewhere. Puerto Rican Spanish utilizes many Taíno words, as well as English words. The largest influence on the Spanish spoken in Puerto Rico is that of the Canary Islands.