Why does Trinidad and Tobago have two names?

Answer 1

Because Trinidad & Tobago are the two main islands of the archipelago.

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Answer 2

Its a twin-island Republic - Trinidad being the bigger of the two, while Tobago is a tourist haven, the both islands, singularly or together, is beautiful beyond compare. Trinidad is more fast past - party, lime, while Tobago is serene, relaxing, tranquil and a nature lovers delight.

Answer 3

Cozumel is within mexican territorial waters, mexico governs it, y do they call it cozumel instead of mexico?

Heres my answer:
Trinidad and Tobago has one name, but our country consists of 2 main islands (Trinidad and Tobago) and 21 smaller ones. The islands are seperated by the ocean and sea. Trinidad is one island and tobago is one island but they have the same government, therefor their called The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. other islands are Monos, Little Tobago, etc.

Answer 4

There are two islands that make up the country, Trinidad, the larger and richer in oil and Tobago; north of Trinidad, smaller but richer in tourism.

Answer 5

I got the following from Internet search (Wikipedia):

Amalgamated placenames are often created when two cities, provinces or other territories are merged, and a decision is taken to preserve the old names in double-barreled form rather than invent a new name. This is often out of consideration for local sensitivities, since the smaller entity may resent its takeover, and may demand its symbolic perpetuation within an amalgamated name so as to propagate the impression of a merger between equals.

Styles: In their English forms, the conjoined names may have the following patterns:

Concatenation, e.g. Papua New Guinea
Grammatical conjunction, e.g. Trinidad and Tobago

The punctuation and capitalization practices in written English vary:

Merging into one word without an intermediate space, e.g. Budapest

Standing apart, e.g. Papua New Guinea

Conjunction by hyphenation, e.g. Bosnia-Herzegovina. While English-speakers are relaxed about using a hyphen or not, this punctuation once caused controversy between Czechs and Slovaks


Trinidad and Tobago became an independent nation (from the United Kingdom) in 1962 and a republic in 1976.

Officially Trinidadians or Tobagonians, the people from Trinidad and Tobago are often informally referred to as Trinbagonians or Trinis.

Of the country's 1.3 million inhabitants, most (96%) reside on the island of Trinidad with most of the remainder (4%) in Tobago.

There are three major municipalities in Trinidad: Port of Spain, the capital, San Fernando, and Chaguanas. Of these three, Chaguanas is the fastest growing. The capital of Tobago is Scarborough.

Answer 6

On behave of the people of "Trinidad & Tobago" we would like to thank you for this question that has generally referred to the unification of our islands as dumb. The fact that it is called Trinidad and Tobago is that Trinidad is one island, and Tobago, the jewel of the Caribbean, is another island. Since these two islands fly the same respective flag of independence, for over 42 years, hence the beautiful name “Trinidad & Tobago.”

I truly hope this resolves, educate, and refine your outlook as to other cultures.

Thank you.

Answer 7

Because it is a twin island republic...made up of the island of Trinidad, the bigger one, and the island of Tobago, the beautiful one.

Answer 8

i... Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. In many...) Trinidad and Tobago share an economy...

Answer 9

They are the two largest of the 21 islands that constitute the nation.

Answer 10

it doesn't have two names its the names of two countries...