Abaco

See also: abaco and ábaco

English

view on Hope Town, Elbow Cay

Etymology

From an earlier form Habacoa (found on Juan de la Cosa's map of 1500). In the 1500s they were also called Iucayonique, probably after the Lucayans who inhabited them.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæb.əˌkoʊ/, /ˈæ.bæ.koʊ/

Proper noun

Abaco

1. The Abaco Islands, an island and cays group in the north of the Bahamas.

Translations

a Bahamas island group

Anagrams

• Acoba, caoba

Italian

Proper noun

Abaco m

1. a male given name