The Greek word sphyrna translates as hammer, referring to the shape of this shark's head - tiburo is the Taino word for shark.
The genus name is derived from Cacibu, the "Lord of the Sky" in Taíno and Greek pteryx, "wing".
The forest is commonly known as El Yunque, which may be attributed to either a Spanish approximation of the aboriginal Taíno word yu-ke which means "white lands", or the word "anvil," which is yunque in Spanish.
Its name is derived from the original Taino language of the Greater Antilles and means "My Love or My Heart".
The Puerto Rican Screech Owl (Megascops nudipes) or Múcaro (Spanish via Taino) is a nocturnal endemic owl of the archipelago of Puerto Rico belonging to the Megascops genus of the Strigidae family.
In October, the Lodge celebrates its Guateke (which is from the Taíno language, meaning gathering), a fellowship activity in which youths nominate themselves for positions in the Lodge Executive Committee.
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The chapters, like the Council's districts, are named based on words or names in the Taíno language.
Taíno, an Arawakan language, was the principal language of the Caribbean islands at the time of the Spanish Conquest, including the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Florida Keys, and the Lesser Antilles.
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Taíno, commonly called Island Arawak, was spoken on the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Bahamas.