Ostrovní stát v Karibském moři při severním pobřeží Jižní Ameriky na dvou ostrovech, Trinidadu a Tobagu a dalších 20 malých ostrovech. Roku 1763 připadlo Tobago Britům, kteří v roce 1797 obsadili i Trinidad. Ostrov získal autonomii v roce 1950 a úplnou nezávislost v roce 1962. V roce 1976 se sice stal Trinidad a Tobago republikou, ale i přes to je stále členem Commonwealthu. (upraveno podle Wikipedie 2022 http://www.cs.wikipedia.org/)

An independent state in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, north of Venezuela, comprising the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Its capital is Port of Spain. Both islands were discovered by Columbus in 1498. The Spanish, English, Dutch, and French figure in their history over four centuries. Trinidad and Tobago united in 1898 and were made part of the British colony of Trinidad and Tobago in 1899. The colony became an independent state in 1962. Trinidad was so named by Columbus either because he arrived on Trinity Sunday or because three mountain peaks suggested the Holy Trinity. Tobago was given the name by Columbus from the Haitian tambaku, pipe, from the natives' habit of smoking tobacco leaves. (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1228, 1216 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p555, 547)

DUI

D014300 MeSH Prohlížeč

CUI

M0021998

Historická pozn.

79; was TRINIDAD 1966-78

Online pozn.

use TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO to search TRINIDAD 1966-78