40 Fascinating Facts About Saint Lucia | Page 8

2 SAINT LUCIA WASN’T ALWAYS HER NAME The early ancestors called her which means Land of the Iguanas. The Arawak Indians called her, Ioüanalao meaning “there where the iguana is found” and the Carib Indians called her Hewanarau, and later Hewanorra which also means Land of the Iguanas. But in the 16th century when the French settled there, they called her Sainte-Lucie — Saint Lucia.  Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Saint_Lucia Photo by: Ted M. Sandiford