Ciboney (also Siboney) is a word derived from the Caribbean Indian language of the Arawak. Cibo means precious stone, and ney people; they are people of the precious stone, or pearl. The Ciboney people were indigenous occupants of the Antilles islands of the Caribbean. When Europeans arrived in the Americas there were many Ciboney people in Cuba. Currently, there are approximately 253 families of Ciboney ancestry in Florida. ... The term Arawak (from aru, the Lokono word for cassava flour), was used to designate the friendly Amerindians encountered by the Spanish in the Caribbean. ... The term indigenous peoples has no universal, standard or fixed definition. ... The Antilles now generally refers to the islands of the Caribbean or West Indies, except the Bahamas. ...

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