1494-1655: Santiago Colloquially refered to as the 'Rock', whereof further slang names like 'Jamrock', 'Jamdown', 'Jamdung', or briefly 'Ja', have derived
1542–1821: Viceroyalty of Peru (with neighbors) 1739-1819: (Incorporated into already existing) Viceroyalty of New Granada 1821-1903: Columbia (along with its neighbor)
Indigenous name: Caobana or Coabana 1492: Isla Juana after Juan, Prince of Asturias
14th to 16th centuries: Aztec Empire 1519–1821: Viceroyalty of New Spain (Along with neighbors) 1821-1823: Mexican Empire (with neighbors)
1500 BC - AD 900: Mayan Empire 1821-1823: Mexican Empire (with neighbors) 1862–1981: British Honduras
1493–1795: Captaincy General of Santo Domingo 1625–1804: Saint-Domingue (French Santo Domingo) Nicknamed the 'Pearl of the Antilles'
Before Independence: Santo Domingo 1821–1822: Republic of Spanish Haiti 1822–1844: Department of Ozama and Cibao (with neighbor) Poetic name: Quisqueya (occasionally used for entire island)
Indigenous name: Liamuiga 'fertile land' AND Oualie 'land of beautiful waters,' 1493: San Martin LARGER ISLAND Columbus named a nearby island San Cristobal (Saba) but through a mapping error the name became identified with the larger island Columbus actually named it 'Sant Yago' 'Saint James' SMALLER ISLAND English settlers: 'Dulcina' meaning 'sweet one'
Larger Island: Originally called Wa'ladli by Arawaks, is today called Wadadli by locals; Caribs possibly called it Wa'omoni Columbus may have named it after an icon in the Spanish Seville Cathedral
Wai'tu Kubuli, a former endonym: 'Tall is her body' in the local Carib dialect Nicknamed the 'Nature Isle of the Caribbean'
Pre-Columbian: Ichirouganaim 'Red land with white teeth', 'Redstone island with teeth outside (reefs)',or simply 'Teeth' Nicknames: 'Bim' and 'Bimshire'
Columbus: Concepción Nickname: 'Island of Spice' because of the production of nutmeg and mace crops
1519–1821: New Spain (with neighbors) 1609–1821: Captaincy General of Guatemala (with neighbors) 1821-1823: Mexican Empire (with neighbors) 1823–1838: Federal Republic of Central America (with neighbors) 1896-1898: Greater Republic of Central America (with 2 neighbors) 1898: 'United States of Central America' (with 2 neighbors) Also known as Guaimura, Guaymuras, Higueras
1200-1528: Señorío of Cuzcatlán, or The Lordship of Cuzcatlán 1519–1821: New Spain (with neighbors) 1609–1821: Captaincy General of Guatemala (with neighbors) 1821-1823: Mexican Empire (with neighbors) 1823–1838: Federal Republic of Central America (with neighbors) 1896-1898: Greater Republic of Central America (with 2 neighbors) 1898: 'United States of Central America' (with 2 neighbors)
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