Cagway Bay
Cagway Bay | |
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Location | Kingston Harbour |
Coordinates | 17°57′23″N 76°50′26″W / 17.9564°N 76.8405°W |
Basin countries | Jamaica |
Cagway Bay as the English called it following their arrival in Jamaica during the
Taino and Spanish occupiers as Caguay or Caguaya bay.[1]
The bay in turn got its name from the Taino name for the
Edward Long argued in his 1744 History of Jamaica argues that the names were "a corruption of caragua, the Indian name for coratoe, or great aloe, which overspreads the adjacent Saltpan Hill".[1]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 9789766402174.