JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
news OK, but what is the origin of the name "Bimini"? Was it named after the
boat tops, or is it the other way around? And, what's a "Scotia"?

In my usual style, I'll answer the 2nd part of your question.
Scotia = latin for Scotland
that is... Nova Scotia is latin for New Scotland.

Sheriff John can answer the 1st part.
On second thought, he's probably too busy runnin' around facilitating.
Bimini (Bi-mini), meaning, Mother of Many Waters, Bibi (Mother) and Mini
(Waters), is a term and name in the Taino Native American Indian language
of the Caribbean islands and is the original Pre-Columbian Taino Arawak
name for the present day U.S. state of Florida.


Busy Tainos. They lived in Puerto Rico, too.

Did you know that the Vikings discovered Puerto Rico?

Explains a lot.