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Aruba to me

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Aruba’s neighborhoods; the meaning behind their names

Just like any other country, Aruba opment proyect that took place. It
has unique and beautifully named is hoped that the original and ‘old’
neighborhoods that all form a part name of Anabui is never lost and
of its culture and development. now it will be remembered by both
Many of these names have a his- locals and tourists.
torical background and meaning
that teaches us about the island Angochi
and its rich culture every day. This name can be seen on the Wer-
bata map with little and cursive let-
With this series, we want to take you ters. It is the unofficial name for the
on a journey of discovery, where area given by a tenant to the land
you’ll learn not only the beautiful that was rented to him.
names but the history behind it that
gives it life and meaning. The biggest probability that histo-
rians believe is that it comes from
Anabui/Tierra Del Sol native descent, during the time in
This neighborhood can be seen on the 19th century where Mestizos
Van Raders map and Werbata as still lived on Aruba. The name can’t
Anna Boei. Anna Boei is a name of cassava, which together would really be explain and according
which there isn’t much information mean “the best juice of a cassa- During the second world war and to books on its history seems to be
about its origin. va”. later, this area was used as a ter- more of a sign of corruption.
rain for training of shooting by mili-
The best historians were able to de- If one assumes that the actual tia and latero n Korps Mariniers (the However, it seems to come from
duce is that this name came to be word heard was Anaboio instead, marines of Aruba). By the end of combining A(n), which is a gen-
because of a miscommunication consisting of Ana meaning the best the previous century a large part eralizing prefix and Goeiza, which
between Van Spengler and the na- and Boio (bohio); house, the itera- of Anabui was developed to have means ‘the spirit of a living man’.
tives who were living on the island. tion of Anabui would mean “the luxurious villas and a golf course, Angochi remains more of a guess.
In the Arawak/Taino language one best house.” This is the origin that which lead to it getting the name
can find the word Anaiboa, which has been more or less speculated Tierra Del Sol, Spanish for Land of This neighborhood’s abbreviation
consists of Ana meaning flower or and assumed for the word Anabui the Sun. The name is not an official is; An.q
the best and Iboa; the juice of a and it’s meaning. name, but the name of the devel-