Hispaniola
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Hispaniola
- /hɪsˌpæniˈəʊlə/ UK
- /ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə/ US
- /hɪsˌpæniˈoʊlə/ US
Rhymes with -əʊlə
Where it comes from
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, bestowed upon its discovery in 1492. Doublet of Española.
proper noun
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An island of the Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Similar: Española, Haiti, Haïti, Hayti, San Domingo, Santo Domingo
Translations
Every language
name island in the Caribbean
| Español | La Española |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | イスパニョーラ島 isupanyōratō |
| 中文 | 海地島 /海地岛 Hǎidì dǎo, 伊斯帕尼奧拉 /伊斯帕尼奥拉 |
| Português | Ilha de São Domingos, Hispaniola, Espanhola |
| Français | Hispaniola |
| Deutsch | Hispaniola |
| Italiano | Hispaniola, Ispaniola |
| Ελληνικά | Ισπανιόλα Ispanióla |
| Русский | Эспаньо́ла Espanʹóla |
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title = {Hispaniola},
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