Trinidad

==Name==
The original name for the island in the [[Arawak language|Arawaks' language]] was {{lang|arw|Iëre}} which meant "Land of the Hummingbird".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://epicureandculture.com/trinidad-the-land-of-the-hummingbirds/ |title=Trinidad: The Land of the Hummingbirds |work=Epicure & Culture |date=15 May 2013 }}</ref> [[Christopher Columbus]] renamed it {{lang|es|La Isla de la Trinidad}} ('The Island of the [[Holy Trinity|Trinity]]'), fulfilling a vow he had made before setting out on his third voyage.<ref>{{cite book |title=The New Trinidad and Tobago: A Descriptive Account of the Geography and History of Trinidad and Tobago |last=Hart |first=Marie |year=1972 |orig-year=1965 |publisher=Collins |location=London and Glasgow |page=13}}</ref> This has since been shortened to ''Trinidad''. [[Indo-Trinidadian]]s called the island  चीनीदत्त {{small|([[Devanagari script]])}}, 𑂒𑂲𑂢𑂲𑂠𑂞𑂹𑂞 {{small|([[Kaithi script]])}}, {{nastaliq| چینی دت}} {{small|([[Perso-Arabic script]])}}, ''Chinidat'' or ''Chinidad'' in [[Caribbean Hindustani#Trinidadian Hindustani|Trinidadian Hindustani]] which translated to the land of sugar. The usage of the term goes back to the 19th century when recruiters from [[British Raj|India]] would call the island ''Chinidat'' as a way of luring workers into indentureship. <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_n82hsbDJBMC&dq=chinidat&pg=PA204 |title=Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On Historical Principles - Lise Winer - Google Books |date=2009-01-16 |isbn=9780773576070 |accessdate=2022-08-26|last1=Winer |first1=Lise |publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP }}</ref>