Meaning

3 senses
  1. A native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic or a descendant thereof.

    Dominikaner, Dominikanerin

    доминика́нецdominikánec, доминика́нкаdominikánka

    a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic

  2. A native or inhabitant of the Commonwealth of Dominica or a descendant thereof.

    Dominicaner, Dominicanerin

    доминика́нецdominikánec, доминика́нкаdominikánka

  3. A member of the religious order founded by Saint Dominic.

    Dominikaner, Dominikanerin

    доминика́нецdominikánec, доминика́нкаdominikánka

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Santo Domingo is the capital of the Dominican Republic.

    ruСанто-Доминго - столица Доминиканской Республики. — marafon

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  2. The capital of the Dominican Republic is Santo Domingo.

    ruСтолица Доминиканской Республики - Санто-Доминго. — marafon

  3. The Dominican Republic is called "República Dominicana" in Spanish.

    ruДоминиканская Республика по-испански называется "República Dominicana". — Biga

  4. She manages a lovely community garden in the Bronx, near the Dominican coffee shop.

  5. Jonas is a Dominican.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
person from Dominican Republic:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person from Dominican Republic:
person from Dominica:

Origin

From the name of the Dominican Republic, itself a calque of Spanish República Dominicana;

From the name of the Dominican Republic, itself a calque of Spanish República Dominicana; corresponding to Spanish dominicano.

From Dominica + -an.

Learned borrowing from Latin dominicānus. By surface analysis, Dominic + -an.

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Forms

plural: Dominicans
SingularDominican
PluralDominicans

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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