Hispaniola

[ his-puhn-yoh-luh; Spanish ees-pahn-yaw-lah ]

noun

1. 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

1. 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

Example Sentences

It would have been a good thing if no friend had ever interfered and he had been detained indefinitely at Hispaniola.

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Messengers were despatched to Hispaniola for reinforcements and every preparation made for the renewal of the campaign.

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Far to the south-east the low blue hills of Hispaniola showed up on the skyline.

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In the year 1492 the magnificent island of Cuba, but a few leagues from Hispaniola, had been discovered by Columbus.

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Seven years ago, the vessel in which he was sailing from Darien to Hispaniola foundered in a gale.

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