It was named for a fictional island where pagan Amazons lived. It was a 16th century Spanish book that was popular when the Spanish first arrived in what is now California and Baja California. At first the Spanish thought they had discovered an island.
No, channel is not an island in spanish. Island in spanish is "isla".
The spanish were the first to colonize Trinidad, they named the island (Trinidad means "Trinity" in spanish), and introduced their language to it.
Translation: Vivo aquí en la isla.
If you refer to the Spanish island in the Mediterranean the answer is "yes" though there are hundreds of German and English people who live there.
The Spanish word for "Island" is isla.
Port Mahon on the Spanish Island of Minoroa in 1807
Port Mahon on the Spanish Island of Minoroa in 1807
The first permanent Spanish settlement in North America was St. Augustine in what became Florida. It was established in September of 1565.
The first Spanish colony in the New World was Santo Domingo, located on the island of Hispaniola. It was established by Christopher Columbus in 1496.
The first Spanish settlement in the Philippines was established in 1565 by Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi. He founded the town of Cebu on the island of the same name, marking the beginning of Spanish colonial rule in the archipelago.
Port Mahon on the Spanish Island of Minoroa in 1807