Why is Cuba called Cuba?

Why is Cuba called like that? Which is the the origin of your name? Well, since the middle of the XNUMXth century there has been an attempt to find the origin of the name of this Caribbean island, so after much research in the languages ​​of the Caribbean aborigines it seems that it can be said that the name Cuba is related to rugged geographical terrain , that is to say with mountains, mountains or elevations.

Even when there is no reliable evidence that this is the case, it can be presumed that the word Cuba is related to aggressive lands and mountainous reliefs, taking into account that the indigenous people spoke of Cubacanán to refer to the mountains of Las Villas and Oriente, and of Cubitas to refer to talk about the mountains of Camagüey. Also, the famous Father Bartholomew of the Houses uses the words Cubas and Cibao and doing a bit of etymology ciba means stone and cibao Piedra grande and then Cubao, also called Cibao, would be a mountainous region of Hispaniola as Cubas and Cubana are of neighboring Haiti.

Well, then the word Cuba and the words related to it belong to the entire Caribbean since the original Indian populations were of the same lineage and linguistic stock. In addition, the landing of the conquerors was in the steepest part of the island, so we can suppose that the aborigines repeated the word "cuba" all the time until the conquerors were hit harder than those chosen by Columbus, Juana and Fernandina (in honor of the Spanish royal family). And that is the reason for the name.