Bois Caïman

proper noun

A place in northern Haiti near Le Cap, site of a vodou ceremony in which the first major slave insurrection of the Haitian Revolution was planned on August 14, 1791.

OriginFrench Bois Caïman →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A place in northern Haiti near Le Cap, site of a vodou ceremony in which the first major slave insurrection of the Haitian Revolution was planned on August 14, 1791.

Origin

  1. FrenchBois Caïman“Alligator Forest”
  2. EnglishBois Caïman

From French Bois Caïman (“Alligator Forest”); compare Haitian Creole Bwa Kayiman.

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APA

Bois Caïman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bois%20Ca%C3%AFman

MLA

“Bois Caïman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bois%20Ca%C3%AFman. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bois Caïman,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bois%20Ca%C3%AFman.

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