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The word 'Galapagos' means 'saddle' in Spanish, which refers to the shell shapes of the Galapagos Giant Tortoises on the islands.

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What is the Spanish word for galapagos island?

Galapagos Islands = Islas Galápagos


What does Galapagos stand for?

The word 'Galapagos' means 'saddle' in Spanish, which refers to the shell shapes of the Galapagos Giant Tortoises on the islands.


What does galapagos mean?

The word Galapago means saddle. The word Galapago "in old Spanish language", was used to describe the frontal piece of a riding saddle.


What does Galapagos mean in English?

"Galápago" is an old Spanish word, meaning saddle. The large http://www.answers.com/topic/gal-pagos-tortoise on some of the islands had a shell that resembled an old Spanish saddle, thus the name. The tortoise is a unique animal found only in the Galapagos Islands, yet there are no more than 200 in the 13 main islands.


The spanish word for Galapagos Islands gets its name from which creature?

turtle Actually, Tortoise


How did the galapagos islands get their name?

The Galapagos Islands got their name from the Giant Tortoises that live there. These tortoises were baptized by the Spaniards in the 16th century as Galapago.


What does the Spanish word can mean in English?

dog


Where did the name Galapagos come from?

The word Galapago means "saddle" In old Spanish language, this word was used to describe the frontal piece of a riding saddle.


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