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1492: The Tainos used the word “taino,” meaning “good” or “noble,” to identify themselves to Columbus during his first voyage.

1492: The Tainos used the word “taino,” meaning “good” or “noble,” to identify themselves to Columbus during his first voyage. This term served to differentiate their peaceful agricultural society from the raiding Island-Caribs to the south.

Source  ·  p. 5 Rouse, The Tainos, 5