Hispaniola
/hɪsˌpæniˈəʊlə//ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə/
构词拆解
词源链
- 英语English
词源说明
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.
释义
专有名词proper noun
- 1An island of the Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.