Hispaniola
geographical name
His·pan·io·la
| \ ˌhi-spə-ˈnyō-lə
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variants:
or Spanish Española \ ˌes-ˌpä-ˈnyō-lä
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or formerly Haiti \ ˈhā-tē
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or Santo Domingo \ ˌsan-tə-də-ˈmiŋ-(ˌ)gō
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or formerly Haiti \ ˈhā-tē
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or Santo Domingo \ ˌsan-tə-də-ˈmiŋ-(ˌ)gō
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Definition of Hispaniola
island of the Greater Antilles in the north central Caribbean Sea; divided between Haiti (on the west) and the Dominican Republic (on the east) area 29,371 square miles (76,071 square kilometers)