Its name comprises Tai and Cuba; Tai comes from Taino, the name of a sea island.

塔伊古巴“是由古巴的海岛”塔伊诺“一词的词头加上”古巴“组成的。”

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The people are racially mixed. Taino Indians, Spaniards, Africans, Chinese, Italians, French, German, and even Lebanese people moved to the island and intermingled.

各个民族的人移居到波多黎各，并在此通婚，这些族群包括有印第安泰诺族人、西班牙人、非洲人、中国人、意大利人、法国人、德国人，甚至还有黎巴嫩人。

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Living in flimsy, thatched, wooden houses may seem a bad choice, given the extreme weather the Taino were exposed to, but it could actually have been a sensible strategy.

如果考虑到当时泰努人所面对的天气情况，那么居住在这种用木桩吊脚、用树皮做屋顶，看起来不堪一击的房子里，显然不是什么高明的选择，可这种居住方式偏偏是防范洪水的有效策略。

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In 2000,a study funded by the National Science Foundation revealed that more than 60 percent of Puerto Ricans have Taino blood.

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Tekina-eir Maynard says the best thing about reconnecting with her Taino ancestry is that she can finally help her family understand their origins.

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"There will be thousands of Tainos who will check the box and write the word Taino."

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The study set out to discover Taino roots and from there establish connection to other indigenous groups in other parts of the Americas (such as the Yanomamo).

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Cohiba is an ancient Taino Indian word for the bunches of tobacco leaves that explorer Christopher Columbus first saw being smoked by the original inhabitants of Cuba, the earliest known form of the cigar.

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But we can also take a week to rent a car and make a less-relaxing effort to explore one island, driving from end to end, seeking out colonial-period architecture and native Taino cultural remnants, or sampling local cuisines, searching for differences in regional preferences within each island.

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