Hispaniola
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- Hispaniola
- West Indian island, from Spanish la isla española "the Spanish island" (not "little Spain"); name said to have been given by Columbus in 1492.
Example
- 1. During this voyage columbus also explored the northeast coast of cuba and the northern coast of hispaniola .
- 2. Relations between the two countries that share the island of hispaniola have often been tense .
- 3. But there are two reasons for outsiders-and especially the united states and haiti 's neighbour in hispaniola , the dominican republic-to do as much as possible to help the stricken country start afresh .
- 4. When spanish colonists in hispaniola imported african plantains in 1516 the harvard entomologist edward o. wilson has proposed they also brought over some of the plant 's parasites : scale insects which suck the juices from banana roots .
- 5. Seismologists have long worried about the island of hispaniola ( shared by haiti and the dominican republic ) . It sits on the gonave microplate , a small strip of the earth 's crust squeezed between the north american and caribbean tectonic plates .