Stát v Karibském moři, který se rozkládá na východní části ostrova Hispaniola v souostroví Velké Antily. Jediným sousedním státem je Haiti, s nímž Dominikánci ostrov sdílí. Dominikánská republika zabírá pět osmin ostrova. Společná hranice je dlouhá 360 kilometrů. Hlavním městem je Santo Dominga. (upraveno podle Wikipedie 2022 http://www.cs.wikipedia.org/)

A republic in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is Santo Domingo. With Haiti, it forms the island of Hispaniola - the Dominican Republic occupying the eastern two thirds, and Haiti, the western third. It was created in 1844 after a revolt against the rule of President Boyer over the entire island of Hispaniola, itself visited by Columbus in 1492 and settled the next year. Except for a brief period of annexation to Spain (1861-65), it has been independent, though closely associated with the United States. Its name comes from the Spanish Santo Domingo, Holy Sunday, with reference to its discovery on a Sunday. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p338, 506 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p151)

Anotace

with Haiti = Hispaniola, a hist name for the island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies; do not confuse with DOMINICA, also in the West Indies

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D004293 MeSH Prohlížeč

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M0006751