Trinidad

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US/ˈtɹɪnɪdæd/

proper noun

An island in the Caribbean, part of Trinidad and Tobago.

OriginSpanish trinidad →
CommonScrabble 10
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An island in the Caribbean, part of Trinidad and Tobago.

    Down ‘D’ Islands, or DDI for short, makes it easy for visitors to island-hop around offshore parts of Trinidad that most Trinidadians don’t even know.

    2024 April 9, Steve Bennett, “This overlooked island has some of the Caribbean’s best beaches”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2024
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. A home rule municipality, the county seat of Las Animas County, Colorado.
    2. A city in Humboldt County, California.

      ‘Some trouble on the road up north around Trinidad.’

      1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 159
    3. A minor city in Henderson County, Texas.
    4. An unincorporated community and ghost town in Grant County, Washington.
    5. A neighbourhood in north-east Washington, D.C..
  3. A number of places in other countries:
    1. A city, the capital of Beni department, Bolivia.
    2. A town and municipality in Casanare department, Colombia.
    3. A town in Sancti Spíritus province, Cuba.
    4. A district in Itapúa department, Paraguay.
    5. A municipality in Bohol province, Philippines.
    6. A city, the capital of Flores department, Uruguay.

Origin

  1. Spanishtrinidad“trinity”
  2. EnglishTrinidad

Borrowed from Spanish trinidad (“trinity”), named after the Holy Trinity by Columbus to fulfill a religious vow.

More words from Spanish

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Translations

Arabic ترينيداد
  • ترينيداد (trīnīdād)an island of the Caribbean
Catalan Trinitat
  • Trinitatan island of the Caribbean
Chinese Mandarin 特立尼达岛
  • 特立尼达岛 (Tèlìnídádǎo)an island of the Caribbean
Estonian Trinidad
  • Trinidadan island of the Caribbean
French Trinité
  • Trinitéan island of the Caribbean
Greek Τρινιδάδ, Τρινιντάντ
  • Τρινιδάδ (Trinidád)an island of the Caribbean
  • Τρινιντάντ (Trinintánt)an island of the Caribbean
Hindi त्रिनिदाद
  • त्रिनिदाद (trinidād)an island of the Caribbean
Hungarian Trinidad
  • Trinidadan island of the Caribbean
Italian Trinidad, Trinità
  • Trinidadan island of the Caribbean
  • Trinitàan island of the Caribbean
Japanese トリニダード
  • トリニダード (torinidādo)an island of the Caribbean
Korean 트리니다드
  • 트리니다드 (teurinidadeu)an island of the Caribbean
Latvian Trinidāda
  • Trinidādaan island of the Caribbean
Lithuanian Trinidãdas
  • Trinidãdasan island of the Caribbean
Russian Тринида́д
  • Тринида́д (Trinidád)an island of the Caribbean
Spanish Trinidad
  • Trinidadan island of the Caribbean

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tindarid
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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