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Dominican (1)

Do·min·i·can [ də mínnikən, dòmmə nkən ] (plural Do·min·i·cans)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. somebody from Dominican Republic: somebody who comes from the Dominican Republic

2. somebody from Dominica: somebody who comes from Dominica

[Early 19th century. In sense 1 < Spanish Dominicana, after Santo Domingo, early settlement and later capital of the Dominican Republic; in sense 2 <Dominica]

Do·min·i·can adjective
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