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==Etymology== The native [[Arawak]] name for the island was ''Malliouhana''.<ref name="Encyclopedia Britannica β Anguilla"/> In reference to the island's shape, the Italian ''{{lang|it|anguilla}}'', meaning "eel" (in turn, from the Latin diminutive of ''anguis'', "snake") was used as its name.<ref name="CIA World Factbook- Anguilla"/>{{sfnp|Martin|1839}}{{sfnp|EB|1878}}{{sfnp|EB|1911}} Anguillan tradition holds that [[Christopher Columbus]] named the island.<ref name=Africana>{{cite encyclopedia | last = Robinson | first = Lisa Clayton | year = 2005 |chapter = Anguilla | title = Encyclopedia of Africa | volume = 1 | edition = 2 | pages = 212β213 | publisher = Oxford University Press |isbn = 9780195223255 | editor1-last = Appiah | editor1-first = Kwame Anthony | editor2-last = Gates | editor2-first = Henry Louis Jr. }}</ref>
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