Hispaniola

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UK/hɪsˌpæniˈəʊlə/US/ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə/US/hɪsˌpæniˈoʊlə/

proper noun

An island of the Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Similar
EspañolaHaitiHaïtiHaytiSan DomingoSanto Domingo
OriginLatin Hispaniola ← Spanish Española →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An island of the Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

    Synonyms: Española, Haiti, Haïti, Hayti, San Domingo, Santo Domingo

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounAn island of the Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Similar
EspañolaHaitiHaïtiHaytiSan DomingoSanto Domingo
Also see
haitisanto domingo

Origin

  1. LatinInsula
  2. SpanishEspañola
  3. LatinHispaniola
  4. EnglishHispaniola

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.

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Translations

Catalan Hispaniola
  • Hispaniolaisland in the Caribbean
Chinese Mandarin 海地島 /海地岛, 伊斯帕尼奧拉 /伊斯帕尼奥拉
  • 海地島 /海地岛 (Hǎidì dǎo)island in the Caribbean
  • 伊斯帕尼奧拉 /伊斯帕尼奥拉island in the Caribbean
Finnish Hispaniola
  • Hispaniolaisland in the Caribbean
French Hispaniola
  • Hispaniolaisland in the Caribbean
German Hispaniola
  • Hispaniolaisland in the Caribbean
Greek Ισπανιόλα
  • Ισπανιόλα (Ispanióla)island in the Caribbean
Irish an Easpáinneoil
  • an Easpáinneoilisland in the Caribbean
Italian Hispaniola, Ispaniola
  • Hispaniolaisland in the Caribbean
  • Ispaniolaisland in the Caribbean
Japanese イスパニョーラ島
  • イスパニョーラ島 (isupanyōratō)island in the Caribbean
Portuguese Ilha de São Domingos, Hispaniola
  • Ilha de São Domingosisland in the Caribbean
  • Hispaniolaisland in the Caribbean
  • Espanholaisland in the Caribbean
Russian Эспаньо́ла
  • Эспаньо́ла (Espanʹóla)island in the Caribbean
Spanish La Española
  • La Españolaisland in the Caribbean

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Hispaniola

MotorolaAngolacolaPensacolaviolalolaOsceolacanolaholaRollagondolanolabolagranolaTortolakolaebolamineolaIolamolaApalachicolagorgonzolaareolapayola
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Anagrams

nasophilia
Cite this entry
APA

Hispaniola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hispaniola

MLA

“Hispaniola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hispaniola. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hispaniola,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hispaniola.

Source: Hispaniola on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.