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Manado Tua is a volcanic island in the Celebes Sea off the northeast coast of
A preliminary note on genealogy and intermarriage in the Minahasa regency, North Sulawesi
''Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde'' 137, p. 245
Manado Tua is a volcanic island in the Celebes Sea off the northeast coast of Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
. The island is located on Bunaken National Park.
The name Manado comes from ''manadou'' or ''wanazou'' meaning "on the far coast" or "in the distance," which derived from Minahasan languages
The Minahasan languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken by the Minahasa people in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. They belong to the Philippine subgroup.
Considerable lexical influence comes from Spanish, Portuguese, and Tern ...
. When the settlement on the island was relocated to Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
, the name Manado was brought with it, and the island became referred to as Manado Tua ("Old Manado").Willem H. Makaliwe, 1981A preliminary note on genealogy and intermarriage in the Minahasa regency, North Sulawesi
''Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde'' 137, p. 245
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Islands of Sulawesi Landforms of North Sulawesi {{NSulawesi-geo-stub 220x220px, Harvesting of coconuts is very common on the island