Explore Hispaniola through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like haiti or hayti. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Hispaniola in a sentence
Hispaniola meaning
An island of the Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Using Hispaniola
- The main meaning on this page is: An island of the Caribbean, divided politically into the independent nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
- Useful related words include: haiti, hayti, island.
- In the example corpus, hispaniola often appears in combinations such as: of hispaniola, hispaniola and, in hispaniola.
Context around Hispaniola
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hispaniola
- In this selection, "hispaniola" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, batter, rico, govern, cuba and mahogany stand out and add context to how "hispaniola" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include actions in hispaniola and activity on hispaniola and in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hispaniola" sits close to words such as abayomi, adoptees and adopter, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hispaniola
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Columbus left for Hispaniola on 16 April heading north. (9 words)
The Dominican Republic and Haiti are neighbours, sharing the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. (13 words)
Around 1200, the Turks and Caicos Islands were resettled by Classical Taínos from Hispaniola. (14 words)
Based on Koning’s 1991 book, published by NYU Press, it will tell the brutal true story of Christopher Columbus and the first Wild West frontier, the tropical Caribbean island of Hispaniola that now encompasses the Dominican Republic and Haiti. (40 words)
For a time, Leclerc met with some success; he also brought the eastern part of the island of Hispaniola under the direct control of France in accordance with the terms of the 1795 Treaties of Bâle with Spain. (38 words)
Vera holds forth in supervillainous soliloquies about his conquest of the island of Hispaniola’s drug trade, until he is told by a shaman that Manhattan is the island he should really set his sights on. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Also the criminal activity on Hispaniola and in the Leeward islands contributes to the proliferation of gun/weapons in the BVI.
Large, dangerous swells are also expected to batter the southern coasts of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola.
The Dominican Republic and Haiti are neighbours, sharing the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
Two years after Christopher Columbus founded his colony on Hispaniola in 1493, it was leveled by a violent storm Caribbean natives believed was sent by an evil spirit named Uracan (sometimes spelled Juracán).
Confidence in the path and intensity of Tropical Storm Laura is low because of its potential to make landfall in Puerto Rico or Hispaniola, which could weaken or completely break apart the storm, Klotzbach said.
Tracking Laura and Marco Marco enters the Gulf of Mexico as a stronger storm than Laura that continues to batter Hispaniola.
At its core, the movement to destroy Columbus Day has nothing to do with the Italian explorer’s morally despicable actions in Hispaniola.
Based on Koning’s 1991 book, published by NYU Press, it will tell the brutal true story of Christopher Columbus and the first Wild West frontier, the tropical Caribbean island of Hispaniola that now encompasses the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Haiti was born of a slave revolt that began on the French half of the island of Hispaniola and resulted in a revolution costing 200,000 Black lives.
Many of the surviving Indians had also fled into Hispaniola’s mountainous interior where they were beyond the reach of the Spanish state.
Vera holds forth in supervillainous soliloquies about his conquest of the island of Hispaniola’s drug trade, until he is told by a shaman that Manhattan is the island he should really set his sights on.
Kirk’s projected track shows it weakening into a tropical depression again along a path south of Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Cuba and Jamaica.
Although the Spanish never colonised the Bahamas, they shipped the native Lucayans to slavery in Hispaniola.
Another variety new to the market was Hispaniola mahogany, also called 'Spanish' and 'St Domingo' mahogany.
A recently discovered report by Bobadilla alleges that Columbus regularly used torture and mutilation to govern Hispaniola.
Around 1200, the Turks and Caicos Islands were resettled by Classical Taínos from Hispaniola.
Columbus left for Hispaniola on 16 April heading north.
Columbus visited several other islands in the Bahamas before sailing to present-day Cuba and afterwards to Hispaniola.
For a time, Leclerc met with some success; he also brought the eastern part of the island of Hispaniola under the direct control of France in accordance with the terms of the 1795 Treaties of Bâle with Spain.
France and Spain settled their hostilities on the island, by way of the Treaty of Ryswick of 1697, and divided Hispaniola between them.
Common combinations with hispaniola
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of hispaniola 14×
- hispaniola and 5×
- in hispaniola 5×
- on hispaniola 4×
- hispaniola in 3×
- from hispaniola 3×
- to hispaniola 3×
- hispaniola now 3×
- into hispaniola 2×