Proper Name guide

Abaco

name · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈæb.əˌkoʊ/
  • /ˈæ.bæ.koʊ/
  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 B AH0 K OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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name

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

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.