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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
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.
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.
San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico (Spanish for "Rich Port City"). Puerto Rico's capital is the second oldest European-established capital city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, founded in 1496, [5] and is the oldest European-established city under United States ...
Caimital Bajo is a barrio in the municipality of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,487. Its population in 2010 was 4,487. In Caimatal Bajo barrio is part of the Aguadilla urban zone.
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.