Editing Aruba (section)

==Etymology==
{{Main|Name of Aruba}}
The name Aruba most likely came from the [[Caquetío language|Caquetío]] ''Oruba'' which means "well situated island", seeing as it was the [[Caquetio|Caquetío]] who were present on the island when [[Alonso de Ojeda]] arrived in the 16th century. Between 1529 and the 1648 [[Peace of Westphalia|Treaty of Westphalia]], the name "Isla de Oruba" was used for the island by the Spanish. The island was ceded to the [[Netherlands|Dutch]], and gradually its name was changed to Aruba.

There were many different names for Aruba used by other Amerindian groups, all of which could have contributed to the present-day name Aruba. Another Caquetío name for the island was ''Oibubia'' which means "Guided island". The [[Taino]] name for the island was ''Arubeira''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dick |first1=Kenneth |title=Aboriginal and early Spanish names for some Caribbean, Circum-Caribbean islands and cays |url=http://stcroixarchaeology.org/files/Aboriginal_Early_Spanish_Names_-_Dick.pdf#page=8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://stcroixarchaeology.org/files/Aboriginal_Early_Spanish_Names_-_Dick.pdf#page=8 |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |website=stcroixarchaeology |publisher=The St, Croix Archeological Society}}</ref> The [[Kalinago]] also had two names for the island ''Ora Oubao'' which means "Shell island"<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brushaber|first1=Susan|last2=Greenberg|first2=Arnold|title=Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao Alive!|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uCigiQGl1fwC&pg=PA38|year=2001|publisher=Hunter Publishing, Inc|isbn=978-1-58843-259-9|page=38}}</ref> and ''Oirubae'' which means "Companion of Curaçao".

A common misconception is that the name "Aruba" came from ''Oro hubo,'' (Spanish for "There was gold once"). However, the Spanish declared these islands ''islas inútiles'', meaning "useless islands", due to their apparent lack of mineral wealth.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Hartog |first=Johan |title=Aruba: Past and Present: from the time of the indians until today |publisher=D.J. De Wit |year=1961 |location=Oranjestad, Aruba |language=en |translator-last=Verleun |translator-first=J.A.}}</ref> It was not until 1824 that gold was discovered on Aruba by a 12-year-old herder named [[Willem Rasmijn]], leading to the [[Aruban Gold Rush]].<ref>Teenstra, M. (1837). De Nederlandsche West-Indische eilanden in derzelver tegenwoordigen toestand, Aflevering 2. In L. U. (KIT), ''www.colonial.library.leiden.edu'' (p. 381). AMSTERDAM: C.G.Sulpke.</ref>