Hispaniola en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /hɪsˌpæniˈəʊlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /hɪsˌpæniˈoʊlə/ (General-American)
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, bestowed upon its discovery in 1492. Doublet of Española.
Meanings
- An island of the Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Deriveds
Hypernyms
Synonyms
San Domingo · Santo Domingo · Española · Haiti · Hayti · Haïti
Translations (18)
it Hispaniola (island in the Caribbean) · fi Hispaniola (island in the Caribbean) · it Ispaniola (island in the Caribbean) · cmn 海地島 /海地岛 (island in the Caribbean) · oc Hispaniola (island in the Caribbean) · ht Ispayola (island in the Caribbean) · pt Hispaniola (island in the Caribbean) · ca Hispaniola (island in the Caribbean) · ga an Easpáinneoil (island in the Caribbean) · de Hispaniola (island in the Caribbean) · ja イスパニョーラ島 (island in the Caribbean) · es La Española (island in the Caribbean) · ru Эспаньо́ла (island in the Caribbean) · pt Ilha de São Domingos (island in the Caribbean) · cmn 伊斯帕尼奧拉 /伊斯帕尼奥拉 (island in the Caribbean) · fr Hispaniola (island in the Caribbean) · el Ισπανιόλα (island in the Caribbean) · pt Espanhola (island in the Caribbean)