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    HISPANIOLA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An island in the West Indiesplay

    Synonyms:

    Haiti; Hayti; Hispaniola

    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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