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- noun One of the original
inhabitants of theBahamas before the arrival ofEuropeans .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Long Island Museum is a wee space packed with artifacts that document the island's history, including the original settlers, the Lucayan Indians.
Jeanine Barone: A Pristine Bahamas Without the Glitz Jeanine Barone 2011
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The Long Island Museum is a wee space packed with artifacts that document the island's history, including the original settlers, the Lucayan Indians.
Jeanine Barone: A Pristine Bahamas Without the Glitz Jeanine Barone 2011
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Lucayan Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492.
Bahamas,The 2009
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Casas immediately lodged against members of the audiencia, an accusation of having encouraged and shared in the man-hunts in the Lucayan islands and the enslavement of the captured natives.
Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings Francis Augustus MacNutt
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He sailed from the port of Palos in August, 1492, near five years before the expedition of Vasco de Gama set out from Portugal, and, after a voyage of between two and three months, discovered first some of the small Bahama or Lucayan islands, and afterwards the great island of St. Domingo.
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From Porto Rico the Adelantado, in his hot haste to forestall the French, took a new route north of StDomingo, through the Lucayan islands and the Bahamas, to the coast of Florida at the River of StJohn, on the 28th of August, the day after the arrival of the French a few miles north.
Thomas Hariot Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886 1885
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Though most of the natives ran off, one remained, whose apprehensions were quickly dispelled by the friendly way the young Lucayan interpreter spoke to him.
Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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A limited number of seats are being sold for just $2 round trip plus tax with the purchase of a three-night stay at participating resorts including Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach and Grand Lucayan.
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Presently after he likewise discovered the Lucayan islands, together with those of Cuba and
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant John Hamilton Moore 1772
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Lucayan aboriginal peoples settled the island between 500 and 800 AD, naming it "Yuma."
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