Hispaniola

伊斯帕尼奥拉岛[拉丁美洲西印度群岛中部](即海地岛)

发音

UK /hɪsˌpæniˈəʊlə/
其它
US /ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə/
US /hɪsˌpæniˈoʊlə/

别名

Española

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    An island of the Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

相关短语

Hispaniola pine Hispaniola pines

词源

A borrowing of Peter Martyr's Latin Hispaniola (equivalent to Hispania + -ola), used in his Decades to translate De las Casas's Spanish Española (in a more latinized form), a clipping of la Isla Española (“the Spanish Island”), translating Columbus's Latin Insula Hispania, bestowed upon its discovery in 1492. Doublet of Española.

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