"Hispaniola" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /hɪsˌpæniˈəʊlə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə/ [General-American], /hɪsˌpæniˈoʊlə/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -əʊlə 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Hispaniola}} Latin Hispaniola, {{suffix|en|Hispania|ola}} Hispania + -ola, {{der|en|es|Española}} Spanish Española, {{m|es|la}} la, {{m|es|isla|Isla}} Isla, {{m|es|española|Española|the Spanish Island}} Española (“the Spanish Island”), {{der|en|la|insula|Insula}} Latin Insula, {{m|la|Hispania||the Spanish Island}} Hispania (“the Spanish Island”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Hispaniola
  1. An island in the Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Categories (place): Dominican Republic, Haiti, Islands Synonyms: Española [uncommon], Haiti, Haïti, Hayti, San Domingo, Santo Domingo [historical, obsolete] Hypernyms: Greater Antilles Derived forms: Hispaniola pine (taxonomic: Pinus occidentalis) Translations (island in the Caribbean): Hispaniola [feminine] (Catalan), Hispaniola (Finnish), Hispaniola [feminine] (French), Hispaniola [neuter] (German), Ισπανιόλα (Ispanióla) [feminine] (Greek), an Easpáinneoil [feminine] (Irish), Hispaniola [feminine] (Italian), Ispaniola [feminine] (Italian), イスパニョーラ島 (isupanyōratō) (Japanese), Hispaniola [feminine] (Occitan), Ilha de São Domingos [feminine] (Portuguese), Hispaniola [feminine] (Portuguese), Espanhola [feminine] (Portuguese), La Española [feminine] (Spanish)

Alternative forms

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