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It's named after a mythical paradise mentioned in a 1510 Spanish novel.

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The name is derived from a storied paradise inhabited by the Amazons. I might add, from the book, Las Sergas de Esplandián, by Garcia Ordóñez de Montalvo, c. 1500

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