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Trinidad is one of the islands in the Carribean, formerly known as the British West Indies (together with Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados, and the Bahamas). Today, it is the major part of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
According to T&T's official website http://www.gov.tt/about/history.html
the island got its name from Christopher Columbus who landed there in 1498 and took possession of it in the name of the Spanish Crown. Trinidad is Spanish for "Trinity."
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• wondering the origin and meaning of my name - trinidad  Mar 20 2003, 4:56:09 PM
  • Re: wondering the origin and meaning of my name - Ivayla  Mar 20 2003, 5:51:59 PM
    • Magia beat me by 2 seconds! n/t - Ivayla  Mar 20 2003, 5:54:21 PM
      • Hua hua huaaaa ... :op - Magia  Mar 20 2003, 5:55:46 PM
        • Wait till the next time... ;) n/t - Ivayla  Mar 20 2003, 6:02:18 PM
          • You guys ALWAYS beat me to it.... - Magia  Mar 20 2003, 6:23:03 PM
  • Re: wondering the origin and meaning of my name - Magia  Mar 20 2003, 5:51:57 PM
  • Are you Latino? - Phyllis  Mar 20 2003, 5:47:45 PM