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Trinidad and Tobago

Syllabification: (Trin·i·dad and To·ba·go)

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Definition of Trinidad and Tobago

a country in the Caribbean Sea comprising two islands off the northeastern coast of Venezuela; population 1,230,000 (est. 2009); capital, Port-of-Spain (on Trinidad); languages, English (official) and Creole.

The larger of the two islands is Trinidad, with Tobago to the northeast. Trinidad, inhabited by Arawaks, was visited by Columbus in 1498 and settled by the Spanish; Tobago, occupied by Caribs, was colonized by the French and later the British in the 18th century. Trinidad became British during the Napoleonic Wars and was formally amalgamated with Tobago as a Crown Colony in 1888. Trinidad and Tobago became an independent member state of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1962 and finally a republic in 1976

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Trinidadian
Tobagan
Tobagonian