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- Spanish · calque ofRepública Dominicana
- English todayDominican Republic
Calque of Spanish República Dominicana, in honor of santo (“holy; saint”) Domingo, which could refer to a Sunday, Jesus, or St Dominic.
Words from the same roots
SpanishRepública Dominicana all →
Dominican
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.