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One source states that Tobago is a corruption of the name of the indigenous Caribbean plant known in Spanish as tabaco, but known in English as tobacco.

"But Sp. tabaco (also It. tabacco) was a name of medicinal herbs from c.1410, from Arabic tabbaq, attested since 9c. as the name of various herbs. So the word may be a European one transferred to an American plant." 1

1"tobacco." Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, Historian. 02 May. 2012. .

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