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
- 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
Derived terms
Translations
island in the Caribbean
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Further reading
Hispaniola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Hispāniola, a latinisation of Spanish la Española.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /is.pa.niˈo.la/, [ispäniˈɔːlä]
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/
- (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
- Hispaniola (an island in the Caribbean)
- Synonyms: Ilha de São Domingos, Espanhola
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