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Haiti

/ˈheɪ.ti/

Haiti proper noun: a country in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Haiti.

Proper noun

Haiti

  1. A country in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Haiti.
    • Both groups have recently started testing their first prototypes. Matternet ran a series of successful field tests of its prototype UAVs in the Dominican Republic and Haiti in September, and met local groups to sell the idea.2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, page 3 (Technology Quarterly)
    • The first exhibition of 320 Vodou objects from Haiti opens in Taiwan and will run through June 16 at the Museum of World Religions in Yonghe, New Taipei City. Vodou is a religion, made up of influences from many other religions. Prof.Rachel Beauvoir Dominique, a Vodou priestess and a professor of...2015 April 12, Carlson Wong, “Haitian Vodou exhibition opens in Taiwan”, in Radio Taiwan International, archived from the original on 14 May 2023
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of Hispaniola.
    Synonyms:
    Hispaniola

Haiti meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

Haiti in Hindi

a country in the Caribbean
हैती haitī, हाइती hāitī

Haiti in Tamil

a country in the Caribbean
ஹெய்ட்டி heyṭṭi, எயிட்டி eyiṭṭi, ஹெய்தி heyti

Haiti in Urdu

a country in the Caribbean
ہیٹی hēṭī

Haiti in Bengali

a country in the Caribbean
হাইতি haiti
More languagesFewer languages
Haiti in Kannada
ಹೈತಿ
Haiti in Sinhala
හෙයිටි heyiṭi
Haiti in Assamese
হাইটি haiti
Haiti in Pashto
هايتي hāytí
Haiti in Arabic
هَايِتِي hāyitī, هَايْتِي hāytī
Haiti in Malay
Haiti
Haiti in Indonesian
Haiti
Haiti in Persian
هائیتی hâ'iti
Haiti in Thai
เฮติ hee-dtì
Haiti in Vietnamese
Ha-i-ti
Haiti in Myanmar
ဟေတီ heti
Dhivehi
ހެއިޓީ heiṭī

Synonyms of Haiti

Forms of Haiti

alternative form (dated)Haïti
alternative form (obsolete)Hayti

Origin of Haiti

From Taíno hayiti (“land of lofty barrows or mountains”), which was the native name given to the whole island of Hispaniola.

Words formed from Haiti

Phrases with Haiti

Words that rhyme with Haiti

Questions about Haiti

What does Haiti mean?
Haiti means a country in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Haiti.
What is Haiti in Hindi?
Haiti in Hindi is हैती (haitī), हाइती (hāitī). See Haiti meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Haiti?
Haiti is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Haiti?
Haiti is pronounced /ˈheɪ.ti/ (UK).

Words near Haiti in the dictionary

  1. Haithal
  2. Haithals
  3. Haithcock
  4. Haithcocks
  5. Haiths
  6. Haiti
  7. Haitian
  8. Haitian Creole
  9. Haitian Vodoun Culture Language
  10. Haitianism
  11. Haitianization

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Haiti (page history and authors); Haiti (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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