Dominica
English
Etymology
From Latin Dominica (“Lord's Day [Island], Sunday [Island]”) due to being sighted by Columbus on a Sunday.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dominica
- An island and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of Dominica.
Translations
island and country (Commonwealth of Dominica) in the Caribbean
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See also
- (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
Derived terms
Central Nahuatl
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdominikɑ/, [ˈdo̞miˌnikɑ̝]
Declension
Inflection of Dominica (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Dominica | — | ||
genitive | Dominican | — | ||
partitive | Dominicaa | — | ||
illative | Dominicaan | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Dominica | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Dominica | — | |
gen. | Dominican | |||
genitive | Dominican | — | ||
partitive | Dominicaa | — | ||
inessive | Dominicassa | — | ||
elative | Dominicasta | — | ||
illative | Dominicaan | — | ||
adessive | Dominicalla | — | ||
ablative | Dominicalta | — | ||
allative | Dominicalle | — | ||
essive | Dominicana | — | ||
translative | Dominicaksi | — | ||
abessive | Dominicatta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doˈmiːnika/
Audio (file)
Italian
Latin
Etymology
Ellipsis of diēs Dominica (“Lord’s Day, day of the Lord, Sunday”), used for the island of Dominica since it was sighted by Christopher Columbus on a Sunday.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /doˈmi.ni.ka/, [d̪ɔˈmɪnɪkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /doˈmi.ni.ka/, [d̪oˈmiːnikä]
Norwegian Bokmål
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk
See also
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /domiˈnika/ [d̪o.miˈni.ka]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ika
- Syllabification: Do‧mi‧ni‧ca
Derived terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
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