Trinidad

See also: trinidad

English

Etymology

Spanish trinidad (“trinity”), named after the Holy Trinity by Columbus to fulfill a religious vow.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Trinidad

1. An island of the Caribbean and part of Trinidad and Tobago.
2. A home rule municipality, the county seat of Las Animas County, Colorado, United States.
3. A city in Humboldt County, California, United States.
   • 1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 159:

     ‘Some trouble on the road up north around Trinidad.’

Translations

an island of the Caribbean

• Antillean Creole: Trinidad
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特立尼达岛 (zh) (Tèlìnídádǎo)

• Estonian: Trinidad
• French: Trinité (fr) f
• Galician: Trinidade f
• Hungarian: Trinidad (hu)
• Japanese: トリニダード島 (torinidādotō)
• Latvian: Trinidāda f
• Macedonian: Три́нидад m (Trínidad)
• Russian: Тринида́д (ru) m (Trinidád)
• Spanish: Trinidad (es) f

Anagrams

• tindarid

Estonian

Proper noun

Trinidad

1. Trinidad

See also

• Trinidad ja Tobago

Spanish

Etymology

trinidad (“trinity”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾiniˈdad/ [t̪ɾi.niˈð̞að̞]

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• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: Tri‧ni‧dad

Proper noun

Trinidad f

1. Trinidad (island)
2. a female given name, referring to the Holy Trinity

Derived terms

• trinidadiano
• Trinidad y Tobago

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish trinidad.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Trini‧dad
• IPA^(key): /tɾiniˈdad/, [tɾɪ.nɪˈdad]

Proper noun

Trinidád

1. (Christianity) Trinity

   Synonym: Santatlo

2. Trinidad (an island in Trinidad and Tobago)