Hispaniola

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɪsˌpæniˈəʊlə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə/, /hɪsˌpæniˈoʊlə/ Rhymes: -əʊlə === Proper noun === Hispaniola An island of the Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. ==== Synonyms ==== Española (uncommon); Haiti, Haïti, Hayti, San Domingo, Santo Domingo (obsolete or historical) ==== Hypernyms ==== Greater Antilles ==== Derived terms ==== Hispaniola pine (Pinus occidentalis) ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Hispaniola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === nasophilia == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Hispāniola, a latinisation of Spanish la Española. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [is.pə.niˈɔ.lə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [is.pa.niˈɔ.la] === Proper noun === Hispaniola f Hispaniola (an island of the Caribbean) == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Hispāniola, a latinisation of Spanish la Española. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /is.pa.njɔ.la/ === Proper noun === Hispaniola f Hispaniola (an island of the Caribbean Sea) ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: Ispayola == Italian == === Alternative forms === Ispaniola === Proper noun === Hispaniola f Hispaniola == Latin == === Pronunciation === (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [is.pa.niˈɔː.la] === Proper noun === Hispaniōla f sg (genitive Hispaniōlae); first declension Hispaniola ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== See also ==== Haitia Rēspūblica Dominicāna == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Hispaniola f Hispaniola (an island of the Caribbean) Synonyms: Ilha de São Domingos, Espanhola