Hispaniola
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A borrowing of Peter Martyr's Latin Hispaniola (equivalent to Hispania + -ola), used in his Decades to translate De las Casas's Spanish Española (in a more latinized form), a clipping of la Isla Española (“the Spanish Island”), translating Columbus's Latin Insula Hispania (“the Spanish Island”), bestowed upon its discovery in 1492. Doublet of Española.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɪsˌpæniˈəʊlə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə/, /hɪsˌpæniˈoʊlə/
- Rhymes: -əʊlə
Proper noun
[edit]Hispaniola
- An island in the Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Synonyms
[edit]- Española (uncommon); Haiti, Haïti, Hayti, San Domingo, Santo Domingo (obsolete or historical)
Hypernyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]island in the Caribbean
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Further reading
[edit]- Hispaniola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Hispāniola, a latinisation of Spanish la Española.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hispaniola f
- Hispaniola (an island in the Caribbean)
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Hispāniola, a latinisation of Spanish la Española.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hispaniola f
- Hispaniola (an island in the Caribbean Sea)
Descendants
[edit]- Haitian Creole: Ispayola
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hispaniola f
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /is.pa.niˈo.la/, [ispäniˈɔːlä]
Proper noun
[edit]Hispaniōla f sg (genitive Hispaniōlae); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Hispaniōla |
Genitive | Hispaniōlae |
Dative | Hispaniōlae |
Accusative | Hispaniōlam |
Ablative | Hispaniōlā |
Vocative | Hispaniōla |
Locative | Hispaniōlae |
See also
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Hispaniola f
- Hispaniola (an island in the Caribbean)
- Synonyms: Ilha de São Domingos, Espanhola
Categories:
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- English terms suffixed with -ola
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- Rhymes:English/əʊlə
- Rhymes:English/əʊlə/4 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Islands
- en:Dominican Republic
- en:Haiti
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- Catalan feminine nouns
- ca:Islands
- ca:Dominican Republic
- ca:Haiti
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- fr:Islands
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- fr:Haiti
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- it:Haiti
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