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Dominican Republic

/dəmˌɪn.ɪ.kən ɹɪˈpʌb.lɪk//doʊˌmɪn.ɪ.kən ɹəˈpʌb.lɪk/

Dominican Republic proper noun: a country in the Caribbean. Capital: Santo Domingo.

Proper noun

the Dominican Republic

  1. A country in the Caribbean. Capital: Santo Domingo.
    • According to the World Bank, over the last two decades, the Dominican Republic has been one of the fastest-growing economies in Caribbean.2024 May 17, Jessica Hasbun, “The Dominican Republic votes on Sunday. Here’s what to know”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 May 2024

Dominican Republic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

Dominican Republic in Hindi

country in the Caribbean
डॉमिनिकन गणराज्य ḍŏminikan gaṇrājya

Dominican Republic in Tamil

country in the Caribbean
டொமினிக்கன் குடியரசு ṭomiṉikkaṉ kuṭiyaracu

Dominican Republic in Bengali

country in the Caribbean
ডোমিনিকান প্রজাতন্ত্র ḍōminikan projatontro

Dominican Republic in Telugu

country in the Caribbean
డొమినిక గణతంత్రం ḍominika gaṇatantraṁ
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Dominican Republic in Malayalam
ഡൊമനിക്കൻ റിപ്പബ്ലിക് ḍomanikkaṉ ṟippablikŭ
Dominican Republic in Kannada
ಡೊಮಿನಿಕ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ ḍominika gaṇarājya
Dominican Republic in Tagalog
Republikang Dominikano
Dominican Republic in Arabic
جُمْهُورِيَّة اَلدُّومِنِيكَان jumhuriyya d-duminikān
Dominican Republic in Persian
جمهوری دومینیکن jomhuri-ye dominikan
Dominican Republic in Thai
สาธารณรัฐโดมินิกัน sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát doo-mí-ní-gan
Dominican Republic in Vietnamese
Cộng hoà Đô-mi-ni-ca-na, Đô-mi-ni-ca-na, Cộng hòa Dominica
Dominican Republic in Myanmar
ဒိုမီနီကန်သမ္မတ duiminikansamma.ta.

Origin of Dominican Republic

Calque of Spanish República Dominicana, in honor of santo (“holy; saint”) Domingo, which could refer to a Sunday, Jesus, or St Dominic.

Words formed from Dominican Republic

Questions about Dominican Republic

What does Dominican Republic mean?
Dominican Republic means a country in the Caribbean. Capital: Santo Domingo.
What is Dominican Republic in Hindi?
Dominican Republic in Hindi is डॉमिनिकन गणराज्य (ḍŏminikan gaṇrājya). See Dominican Republic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Dominican Republic?
Dominican Republic is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dominican Republic?
Dominican Republic is pronounced /dəmˌɪn.ɪ.kən ɹɪˈpʌb.lɪk/ (UK).

Words near Dominican Republic in the dictionary

  1. Dominican
  2. Dominican - Mirador
  3. Dominican blowout
  4. Dominican gull
  5. Dominican gulls
  6. Dominican Republic
  7. Dominican Republican
  8. Dominican Republicans
  9. Dominicanism
  10. Dominicanisms
  11. Dominicanness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Dominican Republic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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