Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saint-domingue

/sɛn dɔ.mɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables: sain-t--domingue
IPA: /sɛn dɔ.mɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former French colony on the island of Hispaniola from 1659 to 1809, roughly equivalent to modern-day Haiti.

Example Sentences

"In a mere twelve years, for example, between 1779 and 1790, the slave ships that plied the coast of Africa from Sierra Leone to Mozambique unloaded close to four hundred thousand slaves in Saint Domingue."
"Slavery was rarely pleasant, but the conditions on St. Domingue were notoriously bad."
"The future general was born in 1762 in the French sugar colony of Saint-Domingue, in the western half of the island."

Inflected Forms

Saint Domingue (alternative) St. Domingue (alternative) St Domingue (alternative)

Phrases

Saint-Dominguan Saint-Dominguois Saint Dominican

Frequently Paired Words

Dominguan Saint-Dominguan Dominguois Saint-Dominguois Saint Dominican

Synonyms

pearl of the Antilles

Questions

How do you pronounce saint-domingue?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɛn dɔ.mɪŋ/.
What does saint-domingue mean?: A former French colony on the island of Hispaniola from 1659 to 1809, roughly equivalent to modern-day Haiti.

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