Editing Lucayan Archipelago (section)

== Etymologies of island names ==
The Lucayan Archipelago was named for the original native [[Lucayan people]]. Julian Granberry and Gary Vescelius suggest the following [[Lucayan people|Lucayan]] ([[Taíno language|Taíno]]) etymologies for various Lucayan islands.<ref name="Granberry">{{cite book | title=Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles | publisher=University of Alabama Press | author=Granberry, Julian, & Gary Vescelius | year=2004 | location=Tuscaloosa, AL | isbn=0-8173-5123-X}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Indigenous name !! Modern name !! Lucayan form !! Meaning
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| Inagua || Inagua || i+na+wa || Small Eastern Land
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| Baneque || Inagua || ba+ne+ke || Big Water Island
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| Guanahaní || Little Inagua || wa+na+ha+ni || Small Upper Waters Land
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| Utiaquia || Ragged Island || huti+ya+kaya || Western Hutia Island
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| Jume(n)to || Crooked/Jumento || ha+wo+ma+te || Upper Land of the Middle Distance
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| Curateo || Exuma || ko+ra+te+wo || Outer Far Distant Land
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| Guaratía || Exuma || wa+ra+te+ya || Far Distant Land
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| Babueca || Turks Bank || ba+we+ka || Large Northern Basin
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| Cacina || Big Sand Cay || ka+si+na || Little Northern Sand
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| Canamani || Salt Cay || ka+na+ma+ni || Small Northern Mid-Waters
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| Cacumani || Salt Cay || ka+ko+ma+ni || Mid-Waters Northern Outlier
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| Macareque || Cotton Cay || Ma+ka+ri+ke || Middle Northern Land
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| Amuana || Grand Turk || aba+wa+na || First Small Land
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| Caciba || South Caicos || ka+siba || Northern Rocky
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| Guana || East Caicos || wa+na || Small Country
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| Aniana || Middle Caicos || a+ni+ya+na || Small Far Waters
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| Caicos || North Caicos || ka+i+ko || Nearby Northern Outlier
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| Buiana || Pine Cay || bu+ya+na || Small Western Home
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| Boniana || Pine Cays || bo+ni+ya+na || Small Western Waters Home
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| Yucanacan || Providenciales || yuka+na+ka || The Peoples Small Northern [Land]
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| Ianicana || Providenciales || ya+ni+ka+na || Far Waters Smaller [Land]
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| Macubiza || West Caicos || ma+ko+bi+sa || Mid Unsettled Outlier
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| Mayaguana || Mayaguana || ma+ya+wa+na || Lesser Midwestern Land
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| Amaguayo || Plana Cays || a+ma+wa+yo || Toward the Middle Lands
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| Yabaque || Acklins Island || ya+ba+ke || Large Western Land
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| Samana || Samana || sa+ma+na || Small Middle Forest
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| Yuma || Long Island || yu+ma || Higher Middle
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| Manigua || Rum Cay || ma+ni+wa || Mid Waters Land
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| Guanahaní || San Salvador || wa+na+ha+hi || Small Upper Waters Land
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| Guateo || Little San Salvador || wa+te+yo || Toward the Distant Land
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| Guanima || Cat Island || wa+ni+ma || Middle Waters Land
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| Ayrabo || Great Guana Cay || ay+ra+bo || Far Distant Home
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| Nema || New Providence || ne+ma || Middle Waters
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| Ciguateo || Eleuthera || siba+te+wo || Distant Rocky Place
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| Lucayoneque || Great Abaco || luka+ya+ne+ke || The People's Distant Waters Land
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| Bahama || Grand Bahama || ba+ha+ma || Large Upper Middle [Land]
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| Habacoa || Andros || ha+ba+ko+wa || Large Upper Outlier Land
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| Canimisi || Williams Island || ka+ni+misi || Northern Waters Swamp
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| Bimini || Bimini || bimini || The Twins
|}