For other uses of the word Trinidad, see
Trinidad (disambiguation) The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (
IPA: ) is an
archipelagic state in the southern
Caribbean, lying northeast of the
South American nation of
Venezuela and south of
Grenada in the
Lesser Antilles. It also shares maritime boundaries with
Barbados to the northeast and
Guyana to the southeast. The country covers an area of 5,128 square kilometres (1,979
sq mi) and consists of two main islands,
Trinidad and
Tobago, and
21 smaller islands. Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the main islands; Tobago is much smaller, comprising about 6% of the total area and 4% of the population. The nation lies outside the
hurricane belt.Tobago’s cigar-like shape gave it its Spanish name (cabaco, tavaco, tabaco) and possibly its Amerindian names of Aloubaéra (black conch) and Urupaina (big snail) (Boomert, 2000). Historian E.L. Joseph claimed that Trinidad’s Amerindian name was Iere derived from the Amerindian name for hummingbird ierèttê or yerettê. However Boomert claims that Cairi or Caeri does not mean hummingbird and tukusi or tucuchi does. Others have reported that
Kairi or
Iere simply meant island.
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