Dominican Republic
name/dəmˌɪn.ɪ.kən ɹɪˈpʌb.lɪk/UK/doʊˌmɪn.ɪ.kən ɹəˈpʌb.lɪk/US
Etymology
Calque of Spanish República Dominicana, in honor of santo (“holy; saint”) Domingo, which could refer to a Sunday, Jesus, or St Dominic.
- calqued from República Dominicana
Definitions
A country in the Caribbean. Capital
A country in the Caribbean. Capital: Santo Domingo.
- According to the World Bank, over the last two decades, the Dominican Republic has been one of the fastest-growing economies in Caribbean.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for Dominican Republic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA