Definition of dominican republic Dominican republic
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| dominican republic - a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola | ||
| hayti, hispaniola, haiti an island in the West Indies | ||
| caribbean region including the Caribbean Islands | ||
| oas, organization of american states an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation | ||
| capital of the dominican republic, ciudad trujillo, santo domingo the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic; "Santo Domingo is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in the Americas with the oldest cathedral and the oldest hospital and the oldest monastery in the Western Hemisphere" | ||
| santiago de los caballeros, santiago city in the northern Dominican Republic | ||
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dominican republic
A country in the Caribbean with capital Santo Domingo.
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The Dominican Republic (Spanish: "República Dominicana", pronounced IPA:) is a country on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola; the other country on the island is Haiti. Its capital, and largest city, is Santo Domingo. The language is Spanish.
History.
The Hispaniola was discovered by Christopher Columbus on 5 December, 1492 but the first time that he saw part of the present Dominican Republic was on 4 January, 1493 when he saw a headland that he named "Monte Cristi" ("Mountain of Christ"). That mountain is called now "El Morro" and is near the city of Monte Cristi.
From Monte Cristi, Columbus went east along the north coast of the island and on 16 January, after visiting the Samaná Bay, he went back to Spain. In his second trip to America, he founded the first European city in the continent, "La Isabela", near the present city of Puerto Plata.
Later, Bartholomew Columbus founded the city of Santo Domingo, the oldest permanent European city in the Americas. From here, many Spaniards went to conquer other islands (Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico); because Cuba was closer to the continent, many people move from Hispaniola to that island and then to the continent. Because of that, the population of the island grew very slowly.
By the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697, Spain gave the western third of the island to France and kept the eastern part, and so the island had two different colonies: the French "Saint-Domingue" and the Spanish "Santo Domingo". In 1795, France got the whole island but t
