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|text='''Tortola''' is the largest and most populous of the [[British Virgin Islands]], and the location of the territory's capital and chief financial centre, Road Town. | |text='''Tortola''' is the largest and most populous of the [[British Virgin Islands]], and the location of the territory's capital and chief financial centre, Road Town. | ||
Local tradition recounts that Christopher Columbus named the island Tortola, meaning "[land of the] Turtle Dove". Columbus in fact named the island ''Santa Ana''. The later Dutch settled and called it ''Ter Tholen'', after a coastal island forming part of the west coast of the Netherlands, and when the British took over, they altered the name to its present-day Tortola.}}<noinclude> | Local tradition recounts that Christopher Columbus named the island Tortola, meaning "[land of the] Turtle Dove". Columbus in fact named the island ''Santa Ana''. The later Dutch settled and called it ''Ter Tholen'', after a coastal island forming part of the west coast of the Netherlands, and when the British took over, they altered the name to its present-day Tortola.}}<noinclude>{{FP data}} | ||
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TortolaTortola is the largest and most populous of the British Virgin Islands, and the location of the territory's capital and chief financial centre, Road Town. Local tradition recounts that Christopher Columbus named the island Tortola, meaning "[land of the] Turtle Dove". Columbus in fact named the island Santa Ana. The later Dutch settled and called it Ter Tholen, after a coastal island forming part of the west coast of the Netherlands, and when the British took over, they altered the name to its present-day Tortola. (Read more) |