tareigua

Updated: August 20, 2026

The islanders do the same, in adopting the names given them by the caciques. Take, for instance, Beuchios Anacauchoa, the ruler of Xaragua, of whom and his sister, the prudent Anacaona, I have already spoken at length in my First Decade. Beuchios Anacauchoa was also called Tareigua Hobin, which means "prince resplendent as copper."

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