| dominica | An island republic of the west indies. Its capital is roseau. It was discovered in 1493 by columbus and held at different times by the french and the british in the 18th century. A member of the west indies federation, it achieved internal self-government in 1967 but became independent in 1978. It was named by columbus who discovered it on sunday, domingo in spanish, from the latin dominica dies, the lord's day. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| dominical | 1. Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday. 2. Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer. "Some words altered in the dominical Gospels." (Fuller) Dominical altar, the high altar. Dominical letter, the letter which, in almanacs, denotes Sunday, or the Lord's day (dies Domini). The first seven letters of the alphabet are used for this purpose, the same letter standing for Sunday during a whole year (except in leap year, when the letter is changed at the end of February). After twenty-eight years the same letters return in the same order. The dominical letters go backwards one day every common year, and two every leap year; e. G, if the dominical letter of a common year be G, F will be the dominical letter for the next year. Called also Sunday letter. Cf. Solar cycle, under Cycle. Origin: LL. Dominicalis, for L. Dominicus belonging to a master or lord (dominica dies the Lord's day), fr. Dominus master or lord: cf. F. Dominical. See Dame. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dominican republic | A republic in the greater antilles in the west indies. Its capital is santo domingo. With haiti, it forms the island of hispaniola - the dominican republic occupying the eastern two thirds, and haiti, the western third. It was created in 1844 after a revolt against the rule of president boyer over the entire island of hispaniola, itself visited by columbus in 1492 and settled the next year. Except for a brief period of annexation to spain (1861-65), it has been independent, though closely associated with the united states. Its name comes from the spanish santo domingo, holy sunday, with reference to its discovery on a sunday. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| dominica | a volcanic island in the Windward Islands that was once a stronghold of the Carib Indians |
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| dominica | a country on the island of Dominica |
| dominica | of or relating to Sunday as the Lord's Day |
| dominica | of or relating to or coming from Jesus Christ |
| dominica | a Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order |
| dominica | of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order |
| dominica | of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people |
| dominica | the basic unit of money in Dominica |
| dominica | mahogany tree of West Indies |
| dominica | monetary unit in the Dominican Republic |
| dominica | the basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic |
| dominica | a republic in the West Indies |
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