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Hispaniola
[ his-puhn-yoh-luh; Spanish ees-pahn-yaw-lah ]
noun
- an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km).
Hispaniola
/ ˌhɪspənˈjəʊlə; ispaˈɲola /
noun
- the second largest island in the Caribbean, in the Greater Antilles: divided politically into Haiti and the Dominican Republic; discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, who named it La Isla Española. Area: 18 703 sq km (29 418 sq miles) Former nameSanto Domingo
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It would have been a good thing if no friend had ever interfered and he had been detained indefinitely at Hispaniola.
Messengers were despatched to Hispaniola for reinforcements and every preparation made for the renewal of the campaign.
Far to the south-east the low blue hills of Hispaniola showed up on the skyline.
In the year 1492 the magnificent island of Cuba, but a few leagues from Hispaniola, had been discovered by Columbus.
Seven years ago, the vessel in which he was sailing from Darien to Hispaniola foundered in a gale.
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