Etymology

Gaspar Grande

Gas·par Gran·de

Today it means: An island of Trinidad and Tobago. Full definition →

Spanish grande
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromgrande“great, big”
  2. English todayGaspar Grande

Derived from the name of its first owner (Gaspar de Percin Roque) and Spanish grande (“great, big”).

Words from the same roots

Spanishgrande all →

grandegrandee

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.