Editing Saint Lucia (section)

==Etymology==
Saint Lucia is named after [[Saint Lucy|Saint Lucy of Syracuse]] (AD 283 – 304).<ref name="CIA World Factbook – St Lucia">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-lucia/ |title=CIA World Factbook – St Lucia |access-date=30 June 2019 |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212013122/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-lucia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Saint Lucia is one of two sovereign states in the world named after a female<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/646162/Ten-things-you-never-knew-about-St-Lucia|title=Top 10 facts about St Lucia|last=Hartston|first=William|date=21 February 2016|website=Express.co.uk|access-date=2016-06-13|archive-date=1 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401050335/https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/646162/Ten-things-you-never-knew-about-St-Lucia|url-status=live}}</ref> and is the only one named after a [[woman]] ([[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] is named after a [[goddess]]). Legend states that French sailors were [[shipwreck]]ed on the island on 13 December, the [[feast day]] of St. Lucy, and therefore named the island in her honour.{{sfn|Harmsen|Ellis|Devaux|2014|p=14}} 

A globe in the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] from 1520 shows the island as Sancta Lucia, indicating that the island was instead named by early [[Conquistador|Spanish explorers]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Lucia |url=https://caricom.org/country_profiles/saint-lucia/ |website=CARICOM |access-date=11 February 2023 |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207075359/https://caricom.org/country_profiles/saint-lucia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Saint Lucia was first known as ''Louanalao'' by the [[Arawak]] Indians in 200 AD, meaning "Island of the [[Iguana|Iguanas]]," and then as ''Hewanorra'', in 800 AD, meaning "there where iguanas are found," when the [[Kalinago|Carib]] Indians arrived and assimilated their culture into Saint Lucia.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hyacinth-Gideon |first=C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xPA6BAAAQBAJ |title=Saint Lucia |date=29 July 2014 |publisher=Author House |isbn=978-1-4969-8483-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History & Culture of Saint Lucia {{!}} Let Her Inspire You |url=https://www.stlucia.org/en_UK/discover-saint-lucia/history-culture/#:~:text=Saint%20Lucia%20was%20first%20known,their%20culture%20into%20Saint%20Lucia. |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Saint Lucia Tourism Authority |language=en-UK}}</ref>{{sfn|Harmsen|Ellis|Devaux|2014|p=10}}