Yep...
the Cubans (and other Spanish-speaking people) call Havana "la Habana". I once read that the city was named after San Crisobal de Habana, a local (!?!) saint but that still doesn't explain what Habana means :(. Not does it say how come the Arawaks had an obviously Christian local saint.
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name history  ·  Monica  ·  8/12/2003, 6:06 PM
Re: name history  ·  Mayita  ·  1/5/2004, 12:23 PM
Re: name history  ·  Anneza  ·  8/14/2003, 12:59 AM
Re: name history  ·  Monica  ·  8/15/2003, 5:34 PM
na na.. na na na na.. hey hey hey  ·  Silvah!!!  ·  8/13/2003, 10:39 PM
Re: na na.. na na na na.. hey hey hey  ·  Monica  ·  8/15/2003, 5:32 PM
Habana  ·  Orlando Rodriguez  ·  8/13/2004, 1:45 PM
But isn't ....  ·  Caprice  ·  8/16/2003, 12:05 PM
Habana  ·  Tamara  ·  9/10/2003, 1:22 AM
Re: Habana  ·  Mayita  ·  1/5/2004, 11:47 AM
Yep...  ·  Ivayla  ·  8/16/2003, 1:14 PM
Aaargh, it's San Cristobal, not Crisobal! n/t  ·  Ivayla  ·  8/16/2003, 1:18 PM