Santo Domingo

Spanish San Do·min·go

[san-toh duh-ming-goh, sahn-taw thaw-meeng-gaw]

noun

1. Formerly Ciudad Trujillo. a city in and the capital of the Dominican Republic, on the southern coast: first European settlement in America 1496.

2. a former name of Dominican Republic.

3. a former name of Hispaniola.

Santo Domingo

/ ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo, ˈsæntəʊ dəˈmɪŋɡəʊ /

noun

1. Former name (1936–61): Ciudad Trujillo. the capital and chief port of the Dominican Republic, on the S coast: the oldest continuous European settlement in the Americas, founded in 1496; university (1538). Pop: 1 920 000 (2005 est)

2. the former name (until 1844) of the Dominican Republic

3. another name (esp in colonial times) for Hispaniola