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Why does Trinidad and Tobago have two names? |
Travel Info Why does Trinidad and Tobago have two names? Travel Tips Because Trinidad & Tobago are the two main islands of the archipelago. ~~Edit Whoever gave me a thumbs down is a tosspot. Others they are both two islands They are the two largest of the 21 islands that constitute the nation. Because it is a twin island. Govern by the same Government and use the same currency. Great place to visit, especially Carnival time. On behave of the people of "Trinidad & Tobago" we would like to thank you for this question that has generally referred to the unification of our islands as dumb. The fact that it is called Trinidad and Tobago is that Trinidad is one island, and Tobago, the jewel of the Caribbean, is another island. Since these two islands fly the same respective flag of independence, for over 42 years, hence the beautiful name 鈥淭rinidad & Tobago.鈥? I truly hope this resolves, educate, and refine your outlook as to other cultures. Thank you. I got the following from Internet search (Wikipedia): Amalgamated placenames are often created when two cities, provinces or other territories are merged, and a decision is taken to preserve the old names in double-barreled form rather than invent a new name. This is often out of consideration for local sensitivities, since the smaller entity may resent its takeover, and may demand its symbolic perpetuation within an amalgamated name so as to propagate the impression of a merger between equals. Styles: In their English forms, the conjoined names may have the following patterns: Concatenation, e.g. Papua New Guinea Grammatical conjunction, e.g. Trinidad and Tobago The punctuation and capitalization practices in written English vary: Merging into one word without an intermediate space, e.g. Budapest Standing apart, e.g. Papua New Guinea Conjunction by hyphenation, e.g. Bosnia-Herzegovina. While English-speakers are relaxed about using a hyphen or not, this punctuation once caused controversy between Czechs and Slovaks Trinidad and Tobago became an independent nation (from the United Kingdom) in 1962 and a republic in 1976. Officially Trinidadians or Tobagonians, the people from Trinidad and Tobago are often informally referred to as Trinbagonians or Trinis. Of the country's 1.3 million inhabitants, most (96%) reside on the island of Trinidad with most of the remainder (4%) in Tobago. There are three major municipalities in Trinidad: Port of Spain, the capital, San Fernando, and Chaguanas. Of these three, Chaguanas is the fastest growing. The capital of Tobago is Scarborough. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_dou... 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/trinidad_an... |
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