Thursday 13 March 2014

Meaning behind the name

Big Waters
2 May 2013 | From Adriano Lubini
POSTCROSSING SWAP

The name "Iguazu" comes from the Guarani or Tupi words "y", meaning "water", and "ûasú", meaning "big". Legend has it that a god planned to marry a beautiful woman named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe. In rage, the god sliced the river, creating the waterfalls and condemning the lovers to an eternal fall.

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