# Tortuga

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #69,524

## Definitions
1. An island forming part of Haiti.

## Etymology
From Spanish Tortuga, from tortuga (“tortoise”), from the resemblance of the outline of the island to the back of a tortoise.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tortuga