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The origin and meaning of the name of Aruba are uncertain due to limited knowledge about the Caquetío language spoken by the Caquetío people who lived on the island before European colonization. However, the name " Aruba " is believed to be a Hispanized Indigenous name of Arawak origin.
Aruba (/ ə ˈ r uː b ə / ə-ROO-bə, Dutch pronunciation: [aːˈrubaː] or [aːˈrybaː] ⓘ, Papiamento pronunciation:), officially the Country of Aruba (Dutch: Land Aruba; Papiamento: Pais Aruba), is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the southern Caribbean Sea 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguaná and 80 kilometres (50 ...
Aruba: zoals het was, zoals het werd: van de tijd der Indianen tot op heden [Aruba: As it was, as it became: From the time of the Indians to the present] (in Dutch). Aruba: Van Dorp. Karner, Frances P. (1969). The Sephardics of Curaçao: A study of socio-cultural patterns in flux. Assen, Netherlands: Van Gorcum & Comp N.V. Lennep Coster, G. van ...
Savaneta is a town and region in southeastern Aruba. [2] Until 1797, it was the island's capital city. [3] It is home to the island's oldest surviving home, a 150-year-old cas di torto, or mud hut. [3] The Savaneta region has an estimated area of 27.76 square kilometers and 11,518 inhabitants according to the 2010 census. [2]
The Aruban tourism industry dates to the 1930s when the first commercial airline landed on Aruba and a guest house was established in Oranjestad.Starting in the early 1960s with the rise of a new wave in the tourism industry and the opening of the first luxury resort, Aruba Caribbean Hotel, a national aspiration arose to become "The little Miami of the Caribbean".
The DeVries family took a vacation to Aruba in 2004. One of them never made it home. Max DeVries, who was 14 years old at the time, disappeared during a jet ski ride he took with another hotel guest.
Tromp is a Dutch occupational surname thought to be derived from trompet(ter), trumpet (player), ... Felipe Tromp (1917–1995), first Governor of Aruba;
"Land of Algiers", a Latinization of French colonial name l'Algérie adopted in 1839. [10] The city's name derives from French Alger, itself from Catalan Aldjère, [11] from the Ottoman Turkish Cezayir and Arabic al-Jazāʼir (الجزائر, "the Islands").