Quisqueya

[JackB]

I just had lunch at a new restaurant in Manchester, NH. The place is run by a Dominican and named Quisqueya. Can anyone tell me what that means?

thanks, Jack

[Rusty]

Here's one place to look. The word is Taíno (the language spoken by the indigenous people of Hispaniola at the time of Columbus) for 'mother of the earth'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quisqueya