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Rank Name Municipality Pop. Rank Name Municipality Pop. Chaguanas San Fernando: 1: Chaguanas: Borough of Chaguanas: 101,297: 11: Sangre Grande: Region of Sangre Grande
The name Laventille hearkens back to colonial times, especially when the French dominated the cultural traditions of the island. [1] One etymological derivation of the name is because the northeast trade winds come to this part of the island of Trinidad before reaching any other part of colonial Port of Spain – hence the metaphorical name "La Ventaille" ("The Vent").
Paramin is a village located on one of the highest points of western area of the Northern Range in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, which forms part of the Maraval area. It is a sprawling, steep and mountainous village whose residents have traditionally been farmers, producing herbs like chives, thyme and parsley, as well as vegetables like ...
Blanchisseuse (pronounced, in the local English dialect, "blan-chee-shears") is a village in Trinidad and Tobago. It is located about midway along the north coast of Trinidad on the northern slope of the Northern Range, about 24 km north of Arima. The village was settled by the French following the Cedula of Population in 1783.
Loppinot entered Trinidad in 1800 along with his wife, children and about one hundred slaves [1] but was disappointed to learn that Picton had not been informed by the British Secretary of State for the Colonies and so no grant of land was made. Loppinot remained in Trinidad despite this and purchased a sugar estate in Tacarigua.
They may also have more linguistically diverse place names; for instance in England place names may have Pre-Celtic, Celtic, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Norse, or Norman-French origins. Conversely, countries with a more uniform cultural and linguistic history tend to have less broken down and diverse place names – Wales for instance (especially when ...
Ortoire is a village in Mayaro County on Trinidad Island. It is named after the adjacent Ortoire River. The village dates to at least the 1880s or a few decades earlier. Ortoire is just west of the peninsula of Point Radix, named after a French immigrant granted an estate there in 1783. The village's beach at the mouth of the river provides ...
Biche is a village in east Trinidad and Tobago 18 kilometers south of ... The name Biche derives from the French word ... It is one of the few places that one can ...