Cumana

The term Cumana is not formed merely by a Latine inflection; but consists of the terms Cumain, and signifies a hot fountain; or a fountain of Chum, or Cham, the Sun.

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759

There the red dots stop: but then begins along the north coast of South America a line of mountain country called Cumana, and Caraccas, which has often been horribly shaken by earthquakes.

Madam How and Lady Why Charles Kingsley 1847

What in one part of the world was termed Cumana, was in another rendered Comana.

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759

Ouer againest the ilande of Margarita there is a towne called Cumana, wherein is great store of perle.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584

Single-handedly (with his support team) Jeffrey Davidow made sure that the event would proceed as it did, to everyone's satisfaction and enormous diplomatic advantages for everyone concerned ... not least for Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez Frias, who was able to perform an amazing somersault in Venezuela-USA relations despite the crass rhetoric of just a few days before at the precipitated ALBA meeting in Cumana.

Maybe it's time for Venezuela's Foreign Ministry (MRE) to get themselves a Jeffrey Davidow and cut the crap! 2009

In Cumana, Venezuela, Cuban President Raúl Castro replied that his government is willing to discuss "everything" with Washington, including human rights, political prisoners and freedom of the press, the Associated Press reported.

Obama Says Cuba Has the Next Move 2009

An earthquake registering 5.6 on the Richter scale was reported at 2: 49 a.m. this in the morning (Monday) with an epicenter some 8 kilometers northwest of Cumana in eastern Sucre State, on Venezuela's Caribbean coast and west of Trindidad & Tobago.

Fears for historical buildings as 5.6 earthquake rocked Venezuelan Caribbean region at 2.49 a.m. this Monday morning 2008

The Venezuelan Seismological Research bureau, Funvisis, says the quake was recorded at sea at a depth of 4.7 kilometers with a "single mirror" of 3.0 Richter some 16 kilometers north of Cumana.

Fears for historical buildings as 5.6 earthquake rocked Venezuelan Caribbean region at 2.49 a.m. this Monday morning 2008

For a break I drove five hours to Cumana, took a boat to an island, swam to a teeny speck of sand, lay down and closed my eyes.

GOOD Magazine: Dispatches From 5 Places You Didn't Think Had Tourists 2008

The State Governor said that there have been some suggestions that there could have been damage to some historical Spanish Conquest buildings in the center of Cumana and that "two or three buildings are being evaluated to see if there is structural damage."

Fears for historical buildings as 5.6 earthquake rocked Venezuelan Caribbean region at 2.49 a.m. this Monday morning 2008