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[Facts] "Aruba"
i really love this name! does anyone know what it means?
i think they're islands but i think it means something in arabic..i think it's of arabic origin,is it?
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It is an island off the coast of south america. It is a hot there and resembles arizona. Very desert like.
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I'm middle eastern and I've never heard of Aruba as a name. maybe you heard "arba'a" which is the number four (but that isn't used as a given name either).
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one more thing to add..Ruba *is* a middle eastern name...perhaps you heard that, not Aruba.
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Aruba is an island and the meaning of the name of it isn't sure. Some theories are:
- A combination of the Carribean words oro and oubao meaning: "shell" and "island".- The Guarani-Indians called it oirubae which means "companion"; the island was seen as a companion of Curaçao (Another island)- Derived from the Spanish oro hubo meaning: "there was gold".- The name of an area around Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela "Oruba", where some of the original natives to Aruba came from.- Derived from the word uru, which means "canoe", making it "canoe-island", because it was only reachable by canoe. I don't know if Aruba means something in Arabic, I've never heard it used as a name for a person.
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i think iv'e heard of some people with this name
i think they were all middle eastern/arabic
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