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Casa de Campo’s neighborhoods have all kinds of odd Spanish names, and not everyone speaks the language – so here’s a lightning quick run-through of what those odd Los’es and Punta’s mean.
(This list won’t be including ones named after sports, such as Golf and Polo.)
Cajuiles – Cashews- Punta Aguila – Eagle Point
- Punta Minitas – Minitas Point
- Vivero – Nursery, a place where plants and trees are grown for landscaping purposes.
- Cacique – Cacique, name given to the pre-Colombian leaders of Taino societies in the Dominican Republic.
- Costaverde – Green Coast
- Costamar – Sea Coast
- El Molino – The Mill
- Barranca – Gully or bank (as in riverbank)
- Las Cañas – The Sugar canes
- Las Cerezas – The Cherries
- Los Naranjos – The Oranges
- Los Limones – The Lemons
- Los Lagos – The Lakes
- Los Mangos – The Mangos
- Los Tamarindos – The Tamarinds
- Las Toronjas – The Grapefruits
- Los Almendros – The Almonds
- Las Piñas – The Pineapples
- El Ingenio – The Sugar Mill
- Las Palmas – The Palm Trees
- El Valle – The Valley
- Río Arriba – Upstream
- Jardín Minitas – Minitas Garden
- Vistamar – Ocean View
- Bahía Chavón – Chavón Bay
- Río Mar – Sea River
- Altos de La Marina – La Marina Heights
- El Batey – Communities where the Sugar Mills are located (local Dominican name for it)
- Las Lomas – The Hills (local Dominican name for them)
- Las Colinas – The Hills
- Villas Colina – Hill Villas
- La Catalina – this is an actual name, the name of Catalina island which is visible from this neighborhood
- Caleton – this is also an actual name, the name of the beach in this new neighborhood
