OK, Dumb Question #1: How, exactly, does one pronounce Sosua? I'm sure this must have been asked before, but I searched on "Sosua+pronounce" and didn't find it. I'm going to be heading there in November and this bit of knowledge might come in handy, like if I want to tell a cab driver that I need to get to...?
- Thread starter Victor Laszlo
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How to pronounce Sosua?
You won't find So-su-ah in any Spanish language references because Sosua is Yiddish. Read about the early Jewish refugee/settlers in WW2 during Trujillo's dictatorship.Victor Laszlo said:
DominicanScotty said:
It does sound like it could be Hebrew or Yiddish but AFAIK Sosua was already in existence when the settlers arrived in the 1940s. Sosua, according to the historical accounts I've read, was a small banana town. The name could be of Taino origin like so many Dominican place names. Anyone have more information about this?
A little history
about the town if you didn't know, such as I.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/sosua1.html
about the town if you didn't know, such as I.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/sosua1.html
The author of a book I was given titled Sos?a: Origen, Fundaci?n y Desarollo cites about 6 versions of the place-name's origin, but only gives credence to two:
1. That there were plants referred to as oz?as used for medicinal purposes near the river that is now called Sos?a. It is suggested that people got to saying "voy para las oz?as" and the name became what it is today.
2. That it comes from the Chibcha language word for earthworm (lombriz) because the river was so shaped.
(The R?o Sos?a is the little river that goes through El Tabl?n.)
Really? I am learning something everyday. But I did read it about in a book called "The Ship Of Fools". Thanks for that input, i will have to check it out.
Scotty
Scotty
Chirimoya said:
Rick Snyder said:
Rick,
Thank you for this link. For all of those that don't know, this is the (recent) history of Sosua!
Scott