WebEtimologia. O nome "Barbados" é do termo português "Os Barbados" ou o equivalente, no espanhol, a Los Barbados, ambos significando "os barbudos".Não está claro se "barbudo" se refere às raízes longas e penduradas da figueira-de-barba, aos indígenas da ilha, ou aos caraíbas supostamente barbudos que habitavam a ilha, ou, mais fantasiosamente, a um …

WebThe Barbados national football team, nicknamed Bajan Tridents, is the national association football team of Barbados and is controlled by the Barbados Football Association.It has never qualified for a major international tournament. It came close to qualifying for the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup as it hosted the Caribbean Cup finals that …

WebThe flag of Barbados was designed by Grantley W. Prescod and was officially adopted to represent the nation of Barbados at midnight on 30 November 1966, the day the country gained independence.The flag was chosen as part of a nationwide open contest held by the government, with Prescod's design being selected as the winner of a field of over one …

WebThe parish of St. Michael is one of eleven parishes of Barbados.It has a land area of 39 km 2 (15 sq mi) and is found at the southwest portion of the island. Saint Michael has survived by name as one of the original six parishes created in 1629 by Governor Sir William Tufton.. The parish is home to Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados.Bridgetown is the centre of …

WebOn January 27, 1994, the national football teams of Barbados and Grenada played against each other as part of the qualification round for the 1994 Caribbean Cup.Due to an unusual scoring rule and the two teams' respective positions in the tournament, it became alternately in the best interest of each team to score an own goal.The result has been described as …

WebBarbados is een eilandstaat aan de meest oostelijke kant van het Caribisch gebied. De ministaat heeft een totale oppervlakte van 430 km². Het bestaat uit een enkel eiland, dat tot de Bovenwindse Eilanden van de Kleine Antillen behoort. Het wordt ook wel Little England of Bimshire genoemd.. Barbados is het meest oostelijk gelegen eiland van de Antillen; …

WebAug 13, 2008 · Taxonomy and etymology. The Barbados threadsnake was first identified as a separate species in 2008 by S. Blair Hedges, a herpetologist from Pennsylvania State University. Hedges named the new species of snake in honor of his wife, Carla Ann Hass, a herpetologist who was part of the discovery team. Specimens already existed in …

WebSince the island country's independence in 1966, the economy of Barbados has been transformed from a low-income economy dependent upon sugar production into a high-income economy based on tourism and the offshore sector. Barbados went into a deep recession in the 1990s after 3 years of steady decline brought on by fundamental …

WebMalpighia emarginata is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae.. Common names include acerola cherry, Guarani cherry, Barbados cherry, West Indian cherry, and wild crepe myrtle. Acerola is native to Paraguay and Brazil in South America, Central America and southern Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and …

WebIn Barbados the age of consent is 16.. Section 5, part I "Sexual intercourse with person between 14 and 16" of the Sexual Offences Act 1992 (1) Where a person has sexual intercourse with another with the other's consent and that other person has attained the age of 14 but has not yet attained the age of 16 that person is guilty of an offence and is liable …