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HISPANIOLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island in the West Indies
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
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)
Derivation:
Hispaniolan (of or relating to the West Indian island of Hispaniola)
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