Lakonian
03-16-2008, 10:55 PM
Hey guys, i have an interst recently on Greek named states out of Greece.
Today i have come across the Bahamas and discovered two Greek names there with valuable backgrounds. One Eleuthera (freedom). And two Andros ( man or manly)
In wiki i found the following background on Eleuthera:
The island is believed to have been unoccupied until the first European settlers—puritan pilgrims—arrived in 1648 from Bermuda. These settlers, known as the "Eleutherian Adventurers", gave the island its current name—eleutheria means "freedom" in Greek, while eleuthera means "free".
For the above , the question is why a Greek name was chosen??:huh:
and can someone give more insight on the Eleutherian Adventurers? Olvios please?
And as for the Andros island:
Andros derives from the Greek etymology of Andros meaning man/manly and is also an island in the Aegean Sea off Greece.
There is some evidence that suggests that the first inhabitants of Andros Island were the indigenous Lucayan people. The Lucayans throughout the Bahamas were wiped out mainly by exposure to disease following the arrival of the Spanish in the 1550s. The island was given the name “Espiritu Santo,” the Island of the Holy Spirit, by the Spanish, but is also called San Andreas on a 1782 map. The modern name is believed to be in honour of Sir Edmund Andros, Commander of Her Majesty’s Forces in Barbados in 1672 and Governor successively of New York, Massachusetts, and New England. It is also believed that the island could have been named after the inhabitants of St. Andro Island (St. Andrew or San Andrés) on the Mosquito Coast as 1,400 of them settled in Andros in 1787. Still another theory suggests that the island was name after the Greek isle of Andros, by Greek sponge fisherman.
Why is the name such a complex topic? Can anyone please provide me further read on these islands. I will post more on the background of Greek names in other countries.
Today i have come across the Bahamas and discovered two Greek names there with valuable backgrounds. One Eleuthera (freedom). And two Andros ( man or manly)
In wiki i found the following background on Eleuthera:
The island is believed to have been unoccupied until the first European settlers—puritan pilgrims—arrived in 1648 from Bermuda. These settlers, known as the "Eleutherian Adventurers", gave the island its current name—eleutheria means "freedom" in Greek, while eleuthera means "free".
For the above , the question is why a Greek name was chosen??:huh:
and can someone give more insight on the Eleutherian Adventurers? Olvios please?
And as for the Andros island:
Andros derives from the Greek etymology of Andros meaning man/manly and is also an island in the Aegean Sea off Greece.
There is some evidence that suggests that the first inhabitants of Andros Island were the indigenous Lucayan people. The Lucayans throughout the Bahamas were wiped out mainly by exposure to disease following the arrival of the Spanish in the 1550s. The island was given the name “Espiritu Santo,” the Island of the Holy Spirit, by the Spanish, but is also called San Andreas on a 1782 map. The modern name is believed to be in honour of Sir Edmund Andros, Commander of Her Majesty’s Forces in Barbados in 1672 and Governor successively of New York, Massachusetts, and New England. It is also believed that the island could have been named after the inhabitants of St. Andro Island (St. Andrew or San Andrés) on the Mosquito Coast as 1,400 of them settled in Andros in 1787. Still another theory suggests that the island was name after the Greek isle of Andros, by Greek sponge fisherman.
Why is the name such a complex topic? Can anyone please provide me further read on these islands. I will post more on the background of Greek names in other countries.