Hispaniola

English

Hispaniola (c. 1880)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɪsˌpæniˈəʊlə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə/, /hɪsˌpæniˈoʊlə/
• Rhymes: -əʊlə

Proper noun

Hispaniola

1. An island in the Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Synonyms

• Española (uncommon); Haiti, Haïti, Hayti, San Domingo, Santo Domingo (obsolete or historical)

Hypernyms

• Greater Antilles

Derived terms

• Hispaniola pine (Pinus occidentalis)

Translations

island in the Caribbean

• Catalan: Hispaniola (ca) f
• Finnish: Hispaniola (fi)
• French: Hispaniola (fr) f
• German: Hispaniola (de) n
• Greek: Ισπανιόλα f (Ispanióla)
• Irish: an Easpáinneoil f
• Italian: Hispaniola f, Ispaniola f
• Japanese: イスパニョーラ島 (isupanyōratō)
• Occitan: Hispaniola (oc) f
• Portuguese: Ilha de São Domingos f, Hispaniola (pt) f, Espanhola f
• Spanish: La Española (es) f

Further reading

• Hispaniola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nasophilia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hispāniola, a latinisation of Spanish la Española.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [is.pə.niˈɔ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [is.pa.niˈɔ.la]

Proper noun

Hispaniola f

1. Hispaniola (an island in the Caribbean)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.pa.njɔ.la/

Proper noun

Hispaniola f

1. Hispaniola

Italian

Alternative forms

• Ispaniola

Proper noun

Hispaniola f

1. Hispaniola

Latin

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /is.pa.niˈo.la/, [ispäniˈɔːlä]

Proper noun

Hispaniōla f sg (genitive Hispaniōlae); first declension

1. Hispaniola

Declension

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

• Haitia
• Rēspūblica Dominicāna

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pa.niˈɔ.lɐ/ [is.pa.nɪˈɔ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /is.paˈnjɔ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pa.niˈɔ.lɐ/ [is.pa.nɪˈɔ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /is.paˈnjɔ.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.pa.niˈɔ.lɐ/ [iʃ.pa.nɪˈɔ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.paˈnjɔ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pa.niˈɔ.la/ [is.pa.nɪˈɔ.la], (faster pronunciation) /is.paˈnjɔ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iʃ.paˈnjɔ.lɐ/

Proper noun

Hispaniola f

1. Hispaniola (an island in the Caribbean)

   Synonyms: Ilha de São Domingos, Espanhola