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Definition: Dominican |
DominicanAdjective1. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people; "the Dominican population". 2. Of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order; "Dominican monks". Noun1. A Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Dominican" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
"Dominican" is a common misspelling or typo for: dominical. |
| Domain | Definition |
Geography | Inhabitant of Dominica. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Inhabitant of the Dominican Republic. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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The Dominican Order, (its formal name, the Order of Preachers, is less common in English) founded by Saint Dominic in the early 13th century, is one of the great mendicant orders of friars that revolutionized religious life in Europe during the high middle ages.Like his contemporary Francis of Assisi, Dominic saw the need for a new type of organization to address the needs of his time, and the quick growth of the Dominicans and Franciscans during their first century confirms that the orders of mendicant friars met a felt need.
Dominic sought to establish a new kind of order, one that would bring the dedication and systematic education of the older monastic orders like the Benedictines to bear on the religious problems of the burgeoning population of cities, but with more organizational flexibility than either monastic orders or the secular clergy. His new order was to be a preaching order, trained to preach in the vernacular languages but with a sound background in academic theology.
The organization of the Order of Preachers was approved in 1216 by Pope Honorius III.
The Dominicans were a major force in the development and maintenance of the Inquisition.
Important Dominicans include:
To be integrated in the article:
- Dominic
- Albertus Magnus
- Thomas Aquinas
- Catherine of Siena
- Tomas de Torquemada
- Giordano Bruno
[[de:Dominikaner]
- Albigensians
- nuns
- tertiaries
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Dominican Republic
(In Detail) National motto:
God, Country, Liberty (Dios, patria, libertad)Official language Spanish Capital Santo Domingo President Rafael Mejia Area
- Total
- % waterRanked 138th
48,730 km²
1,6%Population
- Total (2002)
- DensityRanked 86th
8,715,000
139,5/km²Indepdence
from Haiti since 27 February 1844
Currency Peso Time zone UTC -4 National anthem None Internet TLD .do Calling Code 767
The Dominican Republic is a Spanish-speaking representative democracy located on the eastern portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, bordering Haiti. A legacy of unsettled, mostly non-representative, rule for much of the 20th century--most notably the brutal 32 year reign of US sponsored dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo and later Joaquin Balaguer--was brought to an end in 1978 when free and open elections ushered in a new government.
The country has had a history of changing ownership, with Spain, France, Haiti, Spain again, and the United States taking their turns at ruling Dominican territory amid attempts at independence and self rule. The twentieth century was marked by repeated US intervention in local affairs. Apart from the history of US support for the Trujillo dictatorship (1930-1961), the most infamous example of this is the 1965 invasion by American troops in the midst of a Dominican civil war, an uprising that was sparked by an attempt to restore the republic's first democratically-elected President, Juan Bosch, who had been overthrown by an American backed right-wing coup in 1963. This invasion had the effect of establishing the rule of Joaquin Balaguer (1966-1978), and ensuring that Juan Bosch's constitutional government never return to power.
The country's economy is highly dependent on tourism. Since the early 1960s, economic problems have led to a vast migration of Dominicans to the US, mainly to large east coast cities. New York City's Washington Heights is so densely populated by Dominicans, it is sometimes referred to as Quisqueya Heights. Quisqueya believed to be the name given to the eastern side of Hispaniola by its original inhabitants, the Arawak Indians, although this version is disputed by some historians. Dominicans are now one of the largest Latino groups in the US.
Dominicans are notorious baseball lovers, and almost all major league baseball teams have at least one Dominican ball player.
The capital is Santo Domingo. The second largest city is Santiago de los Caballeros.
The Dominican Republic is known for a form of music called merengue, which has been popular since the mid- to late-1800s.
From the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the U.S. Department of State website. Not Wikified.
See also:
- History of the Dominican Republic
- Geography of the Dominican Republic
- Demographics of the Dominican Republic
- Politics of the Dominican Republic
- Economy of the Dominican Republic
- Communications in the Dominican Republic
- Transportation in the Dominican Republic
- Culture of the Dominican Republic (Music of the Dominican Republic)
- Military of the Dominican Republic
- Foreign relations of the Dominican Republic
- Dominican Republic News, Sources, Searches, Reference, and Resources., Charytin, Famous celebrities from the Dominican Republic, music of the Dominican Republic
Countries of the world | North America
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This is a '''list of famous people from the Dominican Republic.This is not a list of members of the Dominican Order.
Entertainment
- Angela Carrasco singer
- Charytin singer
- Andres Garcia actor
- Freddie Goyco comedian, Charytin's cousin
- Juan Luis Guerra, singer
- Miguel A. Guzman singer, winner of the Protagonistas De La Musica contest.
- Freddie Kenton Merengue singer
- Shalym Ortiz actor and singer, Charytin's son, half Puerto Rican
- Milly Quezada Merengue singer
- Tono Rosario Merengue singer
- Sergio Vargas Merengue singer
- Wilfrido Vargas Merengue singer, Sergio's brother
- Johnny Ventura Merengue singer
- Fabolous half black rapper
- AZ half black rapper
Sports
- Francisco Cabrera Baseball player, hero of the 1992 NLCS for the Atlanta Braves
- Carlos Cruz (+ 1970) world boxing champion
- Leo Cruz world boxing champion, Carlos' younger brother
- Joan Gamboa world boxing champion
- Juan Guzman world boxing champion
- Felipe Lopez NBA basketball player
- Juan Marichal Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Eleoncio Mercedes (+ 1985) world boxing champion
- Alex Rodriguez baseball player
- Sammy Sosa baseball player
- Raul Mondesi baseball player
Beauty Queens
- Amelia Vega Miss Universe 2003
Religion
Politics
- Joaquin Balaguer (also half Puerto Rican)
- Jorge Blanco
- Juan Bosch
- Hipolito Mejia
- Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Authors
Arts
See also: List of people by nationality
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of Dominicans."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| DO | English | Dominican Republic | Geography, Law |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: DominicanSynonyms: Black Friar (n), Blackfriar (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clergy | Cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer; canon regular, canon secular; Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites; Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite; Augustinian; Gilbertine; Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars; Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine; Templar, Hospitaler; Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dominican |
| English words defined with "Dominican": Black Friar, Blackfriar ♦ capital of the Dominican Republic, carib wood, centavo, Ciudad Trujillo ♦ Dominican monetary unit, Dominican peso ♦ Girolamo Savonarola ♦ Mastotermes electrodominicus ♦ peso, Predicant ♦ Sabinea carinalis, Santiago, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo, Savonarola, Scotist. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Dominican": Listed below are the 28 Hispanic or Latino categories displayed in Census 2000 tabulations. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Hurricane Georges hits Hispaniola Island (Haiti and Dominican Republic)in the West Indies on September 22, 1998. Credit: NASA. |  | Senator J. William Fulbright kicking sleeping "Dominican intervention controversy" dog. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | U.S. saving the Dominican Republic from Soviet control. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ruins of interior of oldest church, Santo Domingo(?), Dominican Republic. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Dominican Republic. Exercises in the inauguration of the Carretera Duarte at La Cumbre (Summit), kilometer 66. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A Panoramic view of Santo Domingo City, Dominican Republic, showing Ozama River Bridge] / Fotografía Mañon, Santo Dominigo, R.D. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | South and west sides of Alcázar de Colón (Palace of Columbus), Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic with plaza landscaped with topiaries. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Before and after reconstruction in the Dominican Republic. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Famous Columbus tree at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It was to this tree that Columbus is said to have moored his caravel when he landed on American soil. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Dominican Republic, 1965-1975. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Cathedral" by Aren Marcoosi Commentary: "One of the best places in Dominican Republic. <br>." | "Smiling boy" by Kevin Rohr Commentary: "Smiling Dominican boy." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The director had begun to speak of the dominican and franciscan orders and of the friendship between saint Thomas and saint Bonaventure |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In 1985, a mosquito from Asia, Aedes albopictus, was found in the U.S. This species is now found in most states in the eastern half of the U.S. and limited areas of Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic. (references) | |
Business | Many Dominican importers are eager to represent foreign companies. (references) | |
The general import climate for the Dominican Republic is favorable. (references) | ||
The principal selling factors in the Dominican Republic are price and quality. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Dominican Republic | The mothers of both children are Dominican citizens of Haitian descent; the legal issue is the denial of the right to register a late declaration of birth. (references) |
Haiti | These figures of claimed repatriations were significantly lower than similar claims made in 2000. There continued to be reliable reports of separation of families and maltreatment of Haitians by Dominican soldiers during the year. (references) | |
Haiti | In December the Dominican Republic's Directorate of Migration reported that 9,047 Haitians were repatriated during the year; however, the armed forces of the Dominican Republic carried out massive repatriations at the beginning of the year and claimed to have repatriated approximately 12,000 Haitians per month in the first 3 months of the year. (references) | |
Economic History | Dominican Rep | Available in the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica. (references) |
Dominican Rep | Franchising is growing steadily in the Dominican Republic. (references) | |
Dominican Rep | Rice is the main source of carbohydrate in the Dominican diet. (references) | |
Human Rights | Dominican Republic | In April the authorities detained hundreds of Haitians after a rumor spread that some Haitian youths had burned a Dominican flag in La Romana. (references) |
Dominican Republic | In 1999 the National Police Chief ordered that this practice be ended immediately; however, according to the Dominican Human Rights Committee, detentions of suspects' relatives have continued. (references) | |
Dominica | Several advocacy groups, such as the Association of Disabled People, the Dominican National Council of Women, and a women's and children's self-help organization, operate freely and without government interference. (references) | |
Minorities | Dominican Republic | Sometimes poor Haitian families arrange for Dominican families to "adopt" and employ their children. (references) |
Dominican Republic | As a result, they cannot declare their children's births at the civil registry and thereby establish Dominican citizenship for their offspring. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | Some civil registry offices do not accept late declarations of birth for children of Haitian immigrants, although they routinely accept late declarations for children of Dominican parents. (references) | |
Political Economy | Dominican Rep | High rates of Dominican legal immigration to the United States reflect this close relationship. (references) |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Moreover, importers are frequently required to obtain licenses from the Dominican Customs Service. (references) | |
Dominican Rep | The past two governments have worked to make the Dominican Republic a more business friendly place. (references) | |
Political Rights | Dominica | In January 2000, the Dominica Labour Party won 10 seats in generally free and fair elections, defeating the United Workers' Party (UWP) which had held power since 1995. DLP leader Roosevelt P. "Rosie" Douglas forged a majority coalition of 13 seats in the 21-member Parliament, with the Dominican Freedom Party, holder of 2 seats, and 1 former UWP parliamentarian who changed party affiliation to join the DLP Government. (references) |
Trade | Dominican Rep | The exception applies for r shipments from countries where there is not a Dominican Consulate. (references) |
Nicaragua | Nicaragua has negotiated free trade agreements with Mexico, Chile, Panama, and the Dominican Republic. (references) | |
Travel | Dominican Rep | Most Dominican businesspeople speak English, but communication in Spanish is desirable. (references) |
Dominican Rep | Business appointments are generally required, but punctuality is not a consistent part of Dominican business practices. (references) | |
Mexico | Colegio Junipero, a parochial school associated with the Dominican Sisters of California and the only Catholic bilingual school in Mexico City (K-6 with 450 students). (references) | |
Worker Rights | Haiti | Most Haitians freely work in the Dominican Republic. (references) |
Haiti | Haitians trafficked overseas are sent largely to the Dominican Republic, the U.S., Europe (mainly France), and Canada. (references) | |
Costa Rica | Isolated cases of trafficking have involved persons from Africa, Asia, Bolivia, China, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and the Middle East. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | The people of the Dominican Republic, with our firm encouragement and help, and those of our sister Republics of this Hemisphere are safely passing through the treacherous course from dictatorship through disorder towards democracy. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | In the Dominican Republic, Hillary helped to rededicate a hospital that had been rebuilt by Dominicans and Americans, working side by side. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Dominican" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 58.14% of the time. "Dominican" is used about 172 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 58.14% | 100 | 32,668 |
| Noun (proper) | 39.53% | 68 | 40,606 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.33% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 172 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Dominican": capital of the Dominican Republic ♦ dominican dollar ♦ dominican friar ♦ dominican mahogany ♦ dominican monetary unit ♦ Dominican nuns ♦ Dominican peso ♦ dominican Republic ♦ Dominican tertiaries. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Dominican"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | Dominikaans. (various references) | |
Albanian | dominikan (jacobin). (various references) | |
Arabic | دومينيكاني. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | доминикански, доминиканец (jacobin). (various references) | |
Chinese | 多米尼加共和国. (various references) | |
Czech | dominikánský. (various references) | |
Danish | dominikaner, dominicaner. (various references) | |
Dutch | Dominicaans, Dominicaan. (various references) | |
Esperanto | dominikiano, dominikia. (various references) | |
Finnish | dominikaanilainen, dominikaani -munkki (Black Friar), dominikaani (Black Friar), dominicalainen. (various references) | |
French | Dominicain. (various references) | |
German | dominikaner (black friar). (various references) | |
Greek | Δομινικανός, δομινικανόσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | domonkosrendi, dominikánus (cherubic). (various references) | |
Italian | dominicano, domenicano, di Dominica. (various references) | |
Korean | 도미니카. (various references) | |
Manx | Dominicagh. (various references) | |
Papiamen | Repúblika Dominikanu (Dominican Republic), Repúblika Dominikano (Dominican Republic). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ominicanday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | dominicano. (various references) | |
Russian | доминиканский, доминиканец (jacobin). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dominikanski, dominikanac. (various references) | |
Spanish | dominicano. (various references) | |
Swedish | dominiker, dominikanska republiken (dominican republic), dominikanermunk, dominikaner, dominikan-, dominikan. (various references) | |
Tagalog | Repúblikáng Dominikano (Dominican Republic). (various references) | |
Turkish | dominikan rahibi (dominican friar), dominikan mezhebiyle ilgili, dominik cumhuriyetinden, dominik cumhuriyeti vatandaşı, dominik cumhuriyeti ile ilgili. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | домініканський, домініканець (jacobin). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Dominican" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dominian, dominicae, Dominicano, Dominico. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-i-i-m-n-n-o" | |
-1 letter: amnionic, conidian, daimonic. | |
-2 letters: anionic, conidia, indamin, indican, monacid, monadic, nomadic, nonacid. | |
-3 letters: amidic, amidin, aminic, amnion, anodic, anomic, camion, daimio, daimon, diamin, domain, manioc, minion, modica, niacin, nomina. | |
-4 letters: acini, amici, amido, amino, amnic, amnio, ancon, animi, anion, canid, canon, conin, danio, domic, donna, idiom, imido, imino, inion, iodic, iodin, ionic, macon, manic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-i-i-m-n-n-o" | |
+3 letters: indomethacin, nicotinamide. | |
+4 letters: incommunicado, indomethacins, nicotinamides, nondiplomatic. | |
+5 letters: discrimination, predominancies, unromanticized. | |
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