Dominican
Meaning of Dominican
noun
a member of the Roman Catholic order of preaching friars founded by St Dominic, or of a religious order for women founded on similar principles.
adjective
relating to St Dominic or the Dominicans.
late 16th century: from medieval Latin Dominicanus, from Dominicus, the Latin name of Domingo de Guzmán (see Dominic, St).
adjective
relating to the Dominican Republic or its people.
noun
a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic.
from Spanish Dominicana, influenced by Santo Domingo.
adjective
relating to the island of Dominica or its people.
noun
a native or inhabitant of the island of Dominica.
Information about Dominican
- The plural form of Dominican is: Dominicans.
- Languages in which Dominican is used:
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Hyphenation of Dominican
Do-mini-can
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- Dominican is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Dominican synonyms
Translation of Dominican
- Spanish: dominicano, dominicana, dominiqués, dominiquesa
- German: Dominikaner
- Italian: dominicano
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