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hispaniola

/ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.35 in modern English

Syllables
his-pan-io-la
IPA
/ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə/
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə/
  • British English: /hɪsˌpæniˈəʊlə/

Phrases

Hispaniola pine

Synonyms

Española Haiti Haïti Hayti San Domingo Santo Domingo

Rhymes With

cola ebola viola lola motorola angola hola loyola pensacola guardiola nola ola

Questions

How do you pronounce hispaniola?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə/.
What does hispaniola mean?
An island of the Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Where does hispaniola come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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