📘 Indigenous Caribbean Names Story Across the Caribbean, every independent nation once carried an older Indigenous name rooted in Taíno, Cibony, Island Carib, Arawak, Maya, or Kalina traditions. These names reflected landforms, rivers, mountains, ancestors, or spiritual worldviews that shaped identity long before colonial borders. Waladli and Qualadli marked Antigua and Barbuda, while Inagua represented Bahamian Lucayan heritage. Barbados held Ichirouganaim and Maniques in Arawak usage, and Bel