Hispaniola

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɪsˌpæniˈəʊlə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə/, /hɪsˌpæniˈoʊlə/
• Rhymes: -əʊlə

Proper noun

Hispaniola

1. An island of 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

• Greater Antilles

Derived terms

• Hispaniola pine (Pinus occidentalis)

Translations

island in the Caribbean

Catalan: Hispaniola (ca) f Finnish: Hispaniola (fi) French: Hispaniola (fr) f German: Hispaniola (de) n Greek: Ισπανιόλα f (Ispanióla) Haitian Creole: Ispayola Irish: an Easpáinneoil f Italian: Hispaniola f, Ispaniola f Japanese: イスパニョーラ島 (isupanyōratō) Occitan: Hispaniola (oc) f Portuguese: Ilha de São Domingos f, Hispaniola (pt) f, Espanhola f Russian: Эспаньо́ла (ru) f (Espanʹóla) Spanish: La Española (es) f

Further reading

• Hispaniola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nasophilia

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

Hispaniola

Wikipedia ^ca

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hispāniola, a latinisation of Spanish la Española.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [is.pə.niˈɔ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [is.pa.niˈɔ.la]

Proper noun

Hispaniola f

1. Hispaniola (an island of the Caribbean)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hispāniola, a latinisation of Spanish la Española.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.pa.njɔ.la/

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Proper noun

Hispaniola f

1. Hispaniola (an island of the Caribbean Sea)

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: Ispayola

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Hispaniola

Wikipedia ^it

Alternative forms

• Ispaniola

Proper noun

Hispaniola f

1. Hispaniola

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Hispaniola

Wikipedia ^la

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [is.pa.niˈɔː.la]

Proper noun

Hispaniōla f sg (genitive Hispaniōlae); first declension

1. Hispaniola

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	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/

• (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

1. Hispaniola (an island of the Caribbean)

   Synonyms: Ilha de São Domingos, Espanhola