Etymology

Tortuga

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Today it means: An island forming part of Haiti. Full definition →

Spanish Tortuga
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromTortuga
  2. English todayTortuga

From Spanish Tortuga, from tortuga (“tortoise”), from the resemblance of the outline of the island to the back of a tortoise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.