iarima

Updated: May 14, 2025

The remainder of the island along the west coast forms the province of Guaccaiarima, thus called because it is the extremity of the island. The word Iarima means a flea. Guaccaiarima means, therefore, the flea of the island; Gua being the article in their language.

- De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2): The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera