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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dominican Republic mean?

• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (noun)
The noun DOMINICAN REPUBLIC has 1 sense:

1. a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola

Familiarity information: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Dominican Republic"):

capital of the Dominican Republic; Ciudad Trujillo; Santo Domingo (the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic)

Santiago; Santiago de los Caballeros (city in the northern Dominican Republic)

Holonyms ("Dominican Republic" is a part of...):

Caribbean (region including the Caribbean islands)

Haiti; Hayti; Hispaniola (an island in the West Indies)

Holonyms ("Dominican Republic" is a member of...):

OAS; Organization of American States (an association of countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)

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