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Maracaibo
Maracaibo is a Native american business name for a beach snack bar.
Name of an important Venezuelan city and lake.
The origin of this nomenclature is unknown. The most supported theory points to the fact that the city was named thus by the German explorer Ambrose Alfinger in the sixteenth century, who took the name of the main indigenous chief of the area after defeating him.
Regarding its possible meaning, there are some unconfirmed interpretations that point to an evolution of the expressions “Maara-iwo” (place where snakes abound) or “Maare kaye” (place facing the sea).
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