HISPANIOLA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Hispaniola mean? • HISPANIOLA (noun)
The noun HISPANIOLA has 1 sense:
1. an island in the West Indies
Familiarity information: HISPANIOLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HISPANIOLA (noun)
Meaning:
An island in the West Indies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Hayti; Hispaniola; Haiti
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Meronyms (parts of "Hispaniola"):
Haiti; Republic of Haiti (a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere)
Dominican Republic (a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola)
Holonyms ("Hispaniola" is a part of...):
Greater Antilles (a group of islands in the western West Indies)
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