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Indians have influenced Barbadian cuisine, music, and culture. Barbados is also home to expatriates from other countries who mainly come from the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. [14] The largest ethnic groups in Barbados is black (92.4%) or mixed (3.1%). 2.7% of Barbados' population is white and 1.3% South Asian.
This is a list of U.S. cities (or census-designated areas) named for the state in which they are located. Locations which are no longer functioning cities (including former cities and present ghost towns) are marked with an asterisk (*). Alabama City, Alabama* (Now part of Gadsden, AL zip code) Arizona City, Arizona; Arkansas City, Arkansas
The list of places named after places in the United States identifies namesake places and the ... Kansas City: Kansas United States ... Ohio [71] Wyoming (U.S. state ...
Barbadian (or Bajan) Americans are Americans of full or partial Barbadian heritage. The 2000 Census recorded 53,785 US residents born on the Caribbean island [ 2 ] 52,170 of whom were born to non-American parents [ 3 ] and 54,509 people who described their ethnicity as Barbadian. [ 4 ]
There are several towns and cities named Boston in the US, but this is the only one named after the one in England. All the others were named after this city or a person named Boston. [10] Bowdon, Greater Manchester (historically in Cheshire) Bowdon, North Dakota [22] Boxford, Suffolk: Boxford, Massachusetts [10] Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Jarvis Island was named after three people named "Jarvis" in 1821 (when they discovered the island). [127] Johnston Atoll was named for Captain Charles Johnston in 1807. [128] Kingman Reef was named for Captain W. E. Kingman in 1853. [129] Midway Atoll was named in the 19th century for its location being approximately halfway between North ...
The name "Barbados" is from either the Portuguese term os barbados or the Spanish equivalent, los barbados, both meaning "the bearded ones". [12] [13] It is unclear whether "bearded" refers to the long, hanging roots of the bearded fig-tree (Ficus citrifolia), a species of banyan indigenous to the island, or to the allegedly bearded Kalinago (Island Caribs) who once inhabited the island, or ...