Etymology

Dominican

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Today it means: A native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic or a descendant thereof. Full definition →

Spanish República Dominicana
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Dominican · noun, adjective1

  1. Spanish · derived fromRepública Dominicana
  2. English todayDominican

From the name of the Dominican Republic, itself a calque of Spanish República Dominicana; corresponding to Spanish dominicano.

Dominican · noun, adjective2

From Dominica + -an.

Dominican · noun, adjective3

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromdominicānus
  2. English todayDominican

Learned borrowing from Latin dominicānus. By surface analysis, Dominic + -an.

Words from the same roots

SpanishRepública Dominicana all →

Dominican Republic

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