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The origin and meaning of the name of Aruba are uncertain due to limited knowledge about the Caquetío language spoken by the Caquetío people who lived on the island before European colonization. However, the name " Aruba " is believed to be a Hispanized Indigenous name of Arawak origin.
Aruba (/ ə ˈ r uː b ə / ə-ROO-bə, Dutch pronunciation: [aːˈrubaː] or [aːˈrybaː] ⓘ, Papiamento pronunciation:), officially the Country of Aruba (Dutch: Land Aruba; Papiamento: Pais Aruba), is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the southern Caribbean Sea 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguaná and 80 kilometres (50 ...
The continent of America is thought to be named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci (who styled himself Americus Vespucius in Latin).Amerigo Vespucci was named after Saint Emeric of Hungary, who was in turn named for his maternal uncle, the Holy Roman Emperor Henry II.
Aruba: zoals het was, zoals het werd: van de tijd der Indianen tot op heden [Aruba: As it was, as it became: From the time of the Indians to the present] (in Dutch). Aruba: Van Dorp. Karner, Frances P. (1969). The Sephardics of Curaçao: A study of socio-cultural patterns in flux. Assen, Netherlands: Van Gorcum & Comp N.V. Lennep Coster, G. van ...
Croes is a Dutch-language surname. It is one of the most common surnames in Aruba. People with this name include: Betico Croes (1938–1986), Aruban politician; Evelyn Wever-Croes (1966), Aruban politician, First Female Prime Minister of Aruba; Francois Croes (born 1990), Aruban football player; Frido Croes (1957–2020), Aruban politician
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Tromp is a Dutch occupational surname thought to be derived from trompet(ter), trumpet (player), ... Felipe Tromp (1917–1995), first Governor of Aruba;
The DeVries family took a vacation to Aruba in 2004. One of them never made it home. Max DeVries, who was 14 years old at the time, disappeared during a jet ski ride he took with another hotel guest.