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Arecibo

/aɾeˈθibo/

proper noun/aɾeˈθibo/

Arecibo (a city, a municipality of Puerto Rico); the Arecibo radiotelescope; a diocese in Puerto Rico, United States, of the Roman Catholic Church

From Taíno Arasibo, the name of the local chief of the Taino Amerind, of the local village of Abacoa, when the Spanish first arrived.