Etymology

Dominica

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Today it means: An island and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of Dominica. Full definition →

Latin Dominica
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromDominica“Lord's Day [Island], Sunday [Island]”
  2. English todayDominica

Borrowed from Latin Dominica (“Lord's Day [Island], Sunday [Island]”) due to being sighted by Columbus on a Sunday.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.