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{{short description|Archipelago in the Northwestern West Indies}}
{{Short description|Archipelago in the Northwestern West Indies}}

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| subdivision_name = [[North America]]
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Caribbean]]
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| {{Flag|Bahamas}}
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| {{Flag|Turks and Caicos Islands}} ([[United Kingdom|UK]])
| {{Flag|Turks and Caicos Islands}} ([[United Kingdom]])
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| population_density_km2 = 24.6
| population_density_km2 = 24.6
| population_demonym = Bahamian, Turks Islander, Caicos Islander
| population_demonym = Bahamian, Turks Islander, Caicos Islander
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The '''Lucayan Archipelago''' (named for the original native [[Lucayan people]]), also known as the '''Bahama Archipelago''', is an [[archipelago|island group]] comprising the [[The Bahamas|Commonwealth of The Bahamas]] and the [[British Overseas Territories|British Overseas Territory]] of the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]. The [[archipelago]] is in the western [[Atlantic Ocean|North Atlantic Ocean]], north of [[Cuba]] along with the other [[the Antilles|Antilles]], and east and southeast of [[Florida]].
The '''Lucayan Archipelago''', also known as the '''Bahamian Archipelago''', is an [[archipelago|island group]] comprising the [[The Bahamas|Commonwealth of The Bahamas]] and the [[British Overseas Territories|British Overseas Territory]] of the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]. The [[archipelago]] is in the western [[Atlantic Ocean|North Atlantic Ocean]], north of [[Cuba]] and the other [[Antilles|Antillean Islands]], and east and south-east of [[Florida]].


William Keegan writes that the Bahama archipelago includes the territories of both the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, adding: "Modern political considerations aside, the islands form a single archipelago with common geological, ecological, and cultural roots."<ref>Keegan:20, 183</ref> The two nations of the Lucayan Archipelago do not border the [[Caribbean Sea]], however, the islands are still part of the [[Caribbean]] region.
William Keegan writes: "Modern political considerations aside, the islands form a single archipelago with common geological, ecological, and cultural roots."<ref>Keegan:20, 183</ref> Though part of the [[West Indies]] region, the Lucayan Archipelago is not geographically located within the [[Caribbean Sea]].

== Proposed federation ==
In 2010 the leaders of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands discussed the possibility of forming a federation.<ref>Tyson, Vivian. [http://www.suntci.com/index.php?p=story&id=385 Bahamas wants federation talks with TCI] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004163850/http://www.suntci.com/index.php?p=story&id=385 |date=2011-10-04 }}. ''Turks and Caicos Sun'', 2010.</ref>


== Countries and territories ==
== Countries and territories ==
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* [[Turks and Caicos Islands]] ([[United Kingdom]])
* [[Turks and Caicos Islands]] ([[United Kingdom]])


The [[Mouchoir Bank]], the [[Silver Bank]], and the [[Navidad Bank]] are a submerged continuation of the archipelago in the southeast, as are the Turks and Caicos Islands.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Carew|first1=James|last2=Mylroie|first2=John|editor1-last=Vacher|editor1-first=H.L.|editor2-last=Quinn|editor2-first=T.|title=Geology of Bahamas, in Geology and Hydrology of Carbonate Islands, Developments in Sedimentology 54|date=1997|publisher=Elsevier Science B.V.|location=Amsterdam|isbn=9780444516442|pages=91-139}}</ref> While Mouchoir Bank belongs to the Turks and Caicos Islands, Silver Bank and Navidad Bank are part of the [[Dominican Republic]].
The [[Mouchoir Bank]], the [[Silver Bank]], and the [[Navidad Bank]] are a submerged continuation of the archipelago, to the southeast of the Turks and Caicos Islands.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Carew|first1=James|last2=Mylroie|first2=John|editor1-last=Vacher|editor1-first=H.L.|editor2-last=Quinn|editor2-first=T.|title=Geology of Bahamas, in Geology and Hydrology of Carbonate Islands, Developments in Sedimentology 54|url=https://archive.org/details/geologyhydrogeol00vach_559|url-access=limited|date=1997|publisher=Elsevier Science B.V.|location=Amsterdam|isbn=9780444516442|pages=[https://archive.org/details/geologyhydrogeol00vach_559/page/n109 91]-139}}</ref> Mouchoir Bank is disputed between the Turks and Caicos Islands and Dominican Republic; Silver Bank and Navidad Bank are part of the [[Dominican Republic]].

== Etymologies of island names ==
The Lucayan Archipelago was named for the original native [[Lucayan people]]. Julian Granberry and Gary Vescelius suggest the following [[Lucayan people|Lucayan]] ([[Taíno language|Taíno]]) etymologies for various Lucayan islands.<ref name="Granberry">{{cite book | title=Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles | publisher=University of Alabama Press | author=Granberry, Julian, & Gary Vescelius | year=2004 | location=Tuscaloosa, AL | isbn=0-8173-5123-X}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Indigenous name !! Modern name !! Lucayan form !! Meaning
|-
| Inagua || Inagua || i+na+wa || Small Eastern Land
|-
| Baneque || Inagua || ba+ne+ke || Big Water Island
|-
| Guanahaní || Little Inagua || wa+na+ha+ni || Small Upper Waters Land
|-
| Utiaquia || Ragged Island || huti+ya+kaya || Western Hutia Island
|-
| Jume(n)to || Crooked/Jumento || ha+wo+ma+te || Upper Land of the Middle Distance
|-
| Curateo || Exuma || ko+ra+te+wo || Outer Far Distant Land
|-
| Guaratía || Exuma || wa+ra+te+ya || Far Distant Land
|-
| Babueca || Turks Bank || ba+we+ka || Large Northern Basin
|-
| Cacina || Big Sand Cay || ka+si+na || Little Northern Sand
|-
| Canamani || Salt Cay || ka+na+ma+ni || Small Northern Mid-Waters
|-
| Cacumani || Salt Cay || ka+ko+ma+ni || Mid-Waters Northern Outlier
|-
| Macareque || Cotton Cay || Ma+ka+ri+ke || Middle Northern Land
|-
| Amuana || Grand Turk || aba+wa+na || First Small Land
|-
| Caciba || South Caicos || ka+siba || Northern Rocky
|-
| Guana || East Caicos || wa+na || Small Country
|-
| Aniana || Middle Caicos || a+ni+ya+na || Small Far Waters
|-
| Caicos || North Caicos || ka+i+ko || Nearby Northern Outlier
|-
| Buiana || Pine Cay || bu+ya+na || Small Western Home
|-
| Boniana || Pine Cays || bo+ni+ya+na || Small Western Waters Home
|-
| Yucanacan || Providenciales || yuka+na+ka || The Peoples Small Northern [Land]
|-
| Ianicana || Providenciales || ya+ni+ka+na || Far Waters Smaller [Land]
|-
| Macubiza || West Caicos || ma+ko+bi+sa || Mid Unsettled Outlier
|-
| Mayaguana || Mayaguana || ma+ya+wa+na || Lesser Midwestern Land
|-
| Amaguayo || Plana Cays || a+ma+wa+yo || Toward the Middle Lands
|-
| Yabaque || Acklins Island || ya+ba+ke || Large Western Land
|-
| Samana || Samana || sa+ma+na || Small Middle Forest
|-
| Yuma || Long Island || yu+ma || Higher Middle
|-
| Manigua || Rum Cay || ma+ni+wa || Mid Waters Land
|-
| Guanahaní || San Salvador || wa+na+ha+hi || Small Upper Waters Land
|-
| Guateo || Little San Salvador || wa+te+yo || Toward the Distant Land
|-
| Guanima || Cat Island || wa+ni+ma || Middle Waters Land
|-
| Ayrabo || Great Guana Cay || ay+ra+bo || Far Distant Home
|-
| Nema || New Providence || ne+ma || Middle Waters
|-
| Ciguateo || Eleuthera || siba+te+wo || Distant Rocky Place
|-
| Lucayoneque || Great Abaco || luka+ya+ne+ke || The People's Distant Waters Land
|-
| Bahama || Grand Bahama || ba+ha+ma || Large Upper Middle [Land]
|-
| Habacoa || Andros || ha+ba+ko+wa || Large Upper Outlier Land
|-
| Canimisi || Williams Island || ka+ni+misi || Northern Waters Swamp
|-
| Bimini || Bimini || bimini || The Twins
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==
{{portal|Geography|Islands|West Indies}}
{{Portal|Geography|Islands|West Indies}}
* [[List of Caribbean islands#Lucayan Archipelago|List of islands of the Lucayan Archipelago]]
* [[List of Caribbean islands]]
* [[West Indies]]
* [[West Indies]]
* [[Caribbean sea]]


== Notes ==
== References ==
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{{reflist}}


== References ==
== Citations ==
* {{Cite journal |last=Granberry |first=Julian |date=October 1991 |title=Lucayan Toponyms |url=http://www.bahamashistoricalsociety.com/journal/i13a01.shtml |journal=Journal of the Bahamas Historical Society |volume=13 |access-date=8 December 2013}}
* Keegan, William F. (1992) ''The People Who Discovered Columbus: The Prehistory of the Bahamas.'' University Press of Florida {{ISBN|0-8130-1137-X}}


== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
* Keegan, William F. (1992) ''The People Who Discovered Columbus: The Prehistory of the Bahamas.'' University Press of Florida {{ISBN|0-8130-1137-X}}
* {{cite journal |last=Granberry |first=Julian |date=October 1991 |title=Lucayan Toponyms |url=http://www.bahamashistoricalsociety.com/journal/i13a01.shtml |journal=Journal of the Bahamas Historical Society |publisher= |volume=13 |issue= |pages= |doi= |accessdate=8 December 2013}}

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[[Category:Islands of the North Atlantic Ocean]]
[[Category:Islands of the North Atlantic Ocean]]
[[Category:Archipelagoes of the Atlantic Ocean]]
[[Category:Archipelagoes of the Atlantic Ocean]]
[[Category:International archipelagoes]]
[[Category:Archipelagoes of the Bahamas]]
[[Category:Islands of the Turks and Caicos Islands]]

Latest revision as of 02:00, 26 December 2024

Lucayan Archipelago
Archipelago
Location within the Caribbean
Location within the Caribbean
Coordinates: 23°44′N 75°22′W / 23.74°N 75.37°W / 23.74; -75.37
ContinentNorth America
SubregionCaribbean
Countries and territories
Area
 • Total
14,308 km2 (5,524 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
443,000
 • Density24.6/km2 (64/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Bahamian, Turks Islander, Caicos Islander
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)

The Lucayan Archipelago, also known as the Bahamian Archipelago, is an island group comprising the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The archipelago is in the western North Atlantic Ocean, north of Cuba and the other Antillean Islands, and east and south-east of Florida.

William Keegan writes: "Modern political considerations aside, the islands form a single archipelago with common geological, ecological, and cultural roots."[1] Though part of the West Indies region, the Lucayan Archipelago is not geographically located within the Caribbean Sea.

Countries and territories

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The Mouchoir Bank, the Silver Bank, and the Navidad Bank are a submerged continuation of the archipelago, to the southeast of the Turks and Caicos Islands.[2] Mouchoir Bank is disputed between the Turks and Caicos Islands and Dominican Republic; Silver Bank and Navidad Bank are part of the Dominican Republic.

Etymologies of island names

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The Lucayan Archipelago was named for the original native Lucayan people. Julian Granberry and Gary Vescelius suggest the following Lucayan (Taíno) etymologies for various Lucayan islands.[3]

Indigenous name Modern name Lucayan form Meaning
Inagua Inagua i+na+wa Small Eastern Land
Baneque Inagua ba+ne+ke Big Water Island
Guanahaní Little Inagua wa+na+ha+ni Small Upper Waters Land
Utiaquia Ragged Island huti+ya+kaya Western Hutia Island
Jume(n)to Crooked/Jumento ha+wo+ma+te Upper Land of the Middle Distance
Curateo Exuma ko+ra+te+wo Outer Far Distant Land
Guaratía Exuma wa+ra+te+ya Far Distant Land
Babueca Turks Bank ba+we+ka Large Northern Basin
Cacina Big Sand Cay ka+si+na Little Northern Sand
Canamani Salt Cay ka+na+ma+ni Small Northern Mid-Waters
Cacumani Salt Cay ka+ko+ma+ni Mid-Waters Northern Outlier
Macareque Cotton Cay Ma+ka+ri+ke Middle Northern Land
Amuana Grand Turk aba+wa+na First Small Land
Caciba South Caicos ka+siba Northern Rocky
Guana East Caicos wa+na Small Country
Aniana Middle Caicos a+ni+ya+na Small Far Waters
Caicos North Caicos ka+i+ko Nearby Northern Outlier
Buiana Pine Cay bu+ya+na Small Western Home
Boniana Pine Cays bo+ni+ya+na Small Western Waters Home
Yucanacan Providenciales yuka+na+ka The Peoples Small Northern [Land]
Ianicana Providenciales ya+ni+ka+na Far Waters Smaller [Land]
Macubiza West Caicos ma+ko+bi+sa Mid Unsettled Outlier
Mayaguana Mayaguana ma+ya+wa+na Lesser Midwestern Land
Amaguayo Plana Cays a+ma+wa+yo Toward the Middle Lands
Yabaque Acklins Island ya+ba+ke Large Western Land
Samana Samana sa+ma+na Small Middle Forest
Yuma Long Island yu+ma Higher Middle
Manigua Rum Cay ma+ni+wa Mid Waters Land
Guanahaní San Salvador wa+na+ha+hi Small Upper Waters Land
Guateo Little San Salvador wa+te+yo Toward the Distant Land
Guanima Cat Island wa+ni+ma Middle Waters Land
Ayrabo Great Guana Cay ay+ra+bo Far Distant Home
Nema New Providence ne+ma Middle Waters
Ciguateo Eleuthera siba+te+wo Distant Rocky Place
Lucayoneque Great Abaco luka+ya+ne+ke The People's Distant Waters Land
Bahama Grand Bahama ba+ha+ma Large Upper Middle [Land]
Habacoa Andros ha+ba+ko+wa Large Upper Outlier Land
Canimisi Williams Island ka+ni+misi Northern Waters Swamp
Bimini Bimini bimini The Twins

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Keegan:20, 183
  2. ^ Carew, James; Mylroie, John (1997). Vacher, H.L.; Quinn, T. (eds.). Geology of Bahamas, in Geology and Hydrology of Carbonate Islands, Developments in Sedimentology 54. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science B.V. pp. 91-139. ISBN 9780444516442.
  3. ^ Granberry, Julian, & Gary Vescelius (2004). Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 0-8173-5123-X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Citations

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  • Granberry, Julian (October 1991). "Lucayan Toponyms". Journal of the Bahamas Historical Society. 13. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

Further reading

[edit]
  • Keegan, William F. (1992) The People Who Discovered Columbus: The Prehistory of the Bahamas. University Press of Florida ISBN 0-8130-1137-X
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