Hispaniola

English thumb|Hispaniola (c.1880) Etymology A borrowing of Peter Martyr's en la Hispaniola (equivalent to en Hispania ola), used in his Decades to translate De las Casas's en es Española (in a more Latinized form), a clipping of es la es isla Isla es española Española the Spanish Island, translating Columbus's en la insula Insula la Hispania, bestowed upon its discovery in 1492. en Española. Pronunciation en /hɪsˌpæniˈəʊlə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hispaniola.wav Southern England en /ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə/ /hɪsˌpæniˈoʊlə/ GA en əʊlə 4 Proper noun en island r/Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. en Española uncommon Haiti Haïti Hayti San Domingo Santo Domingo obsolete or historical obsolete or historical en Greater Antilles Derived terms en Hispaniolan Hispaniola pine (Pinus occidentalis species) Translations island in the Caribbean Catalan: ca Hispaniola f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 海地島, cmn 伊斯帕尼奧拉 Finnish: fi Hispaniola French: fr Hispaniola f German: de Hispaniola n Greek: el Ισπανιόλα f Haitian Creole: ht Ispayola Irish: ga Easpáinneoil f an Easpáinneoil Italian: it Hispaniola f, it Ispaniola f Japanese: ja イスパニョーラ島 isupanyōratō Occitan: oc Hispaniola f Portuguese: pt Ilha de São Domingos f, pt Hispaniola f, pt Espanhola f Russian: ru Эспаньо́ла f Spanish: es La Española f Further reading Anagrams en aahiilnops nasophilia en Dominican Republic Haiti Catalan ca: Etymology ca la Hispāniola, a latinisation of ca es Española la Española. Pronunciation ò Proper noun f ca island r/Caribbean Hispaniola ca Dominican Republic Haiti French Etymology fr la Hispāniola, a latinisation of fr es Española la Española. Pronunciation fr Proper noun f fr island sea/Caribbean Sea Hispaniola Descendants ht Ispayola fr Dominican Republic Haiti Islands Italian it: Alternative forms it Ispaniola Proper noun f en Hispaniola it Dominican Republic Haiti Islands Latin la: Pronunciation Hispaniōla no Proper noun Hispaniōla<1.loc> Hispaniola Declension Hispaniōla<1.loc> See also la Haitia la Rēspūblica Dominicāna la Islands North America Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|Hispaniola, divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. thumb|A landscape near Petit-Goâve in Haiti, on western Hispaniola. thumb|Mountain forest near Pico Duarte in the Dominican Republic, on eastern Hispaniola. Etymology nb, based on nb la Hispaniola, a Latinized rendering used by Peter Martyr d'Anghiera for Spanish La Española, shortened from la Isla Española (“the Spanish island”), the name given to the island by Christopher Columbus in 1492. Spanish es española Spanish is the feminine singular of es español Spanish, agreeing with es isla island. The Latinized form is formally analyzable as la Hispania -ola 1, from la Hispania Spain; the Iberian Peninsula and the diminutive suffix la -ola; however, the underlying Spanish name means “the Spanish island”, not “little Spain”. The deeper origin of la Hispania is uncertain. Parallel international adaptations include ca Hispaniola, fr Hispaniola, it Hispaniola, pt Hispaniola and en Hispaniola. Pronunciation nb /¹hɪs.pa.niˈuː.la/ [hɪs.pa.nɪˈùː.la] nb uːla 5 nb His pa ni o la Proper noun nb proper noun Hispaniola; nb an <<island>> in the <<r/Caribbean>>, part of the Greater Antilles, divided between <<c/Haiti>> in the west and the <<c/Dominican Republic>> in the east Islands Geographic and cultural areas of North America. nb Hun reiste tvers over Hispaniola, fra Haiti til Den dominikanske republikk. She travelled across Hispaniola, from Haiti to the Dominican Republic. nb 26 May 2026 Olav Eggebø Hispaniola Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Hispaniola Hispaniola er den nest største øya i Karibia og tilhører De store Antillene. Øya er delt politisk mellom republikken Haiti i vest og Den dominikanske republikk i øst. Hispaniola is the second-largest island in the Caribbean and belongs to the Greater Antilles. The island is politically divided between the Republic of Haiti in the west and the Dominican Republic in the east. https://web.archive.org/web/20260222071157/https://snl.no/Hispaniola 22 February 2026 Usage notes Språkrådet has recommended Hispaniola as the name of the island since 2000. nb Haiti was formerly used for both the island and the state and may therefore be ambiguous. Norwegian normally uses på Hispaniola when referring to the island, but i Haiti when referring to the state. Meronyms nb Haiti Haiti nb Den dominikanske republikk Dominican Republic Holonyms nb De store Antiller Greater Antilles nb Antillene Antilles nb Karibia Caribbean References “Utanlandske stadnamn” at Språkrådet. “I eller på Haiti?” at Språkrådet. “Hispaniola” in Store norske leksikon. “Hispaniola” in the Online Etymology Dictionary. Portuguese Pronunciation Hispànióla Proper noun f pt island sea/the Caribbean Hispaniola pt Ilha de São Domingos Espanhola pt Dominican Republic Haiti