Dominica
English
Etymology
From Latin Dominica (“Lord's Day [Island], Sunday [Island]”) due to being sighted by Columbus on a Sunday.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dominica
- An island and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of Dominica.
Translations
island and country (Commonwealth of Dominica) in the Caribbean
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See also
- (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
Catalan
Pronunciation
Central Nahuatl
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdominikɑ/, [ˈdo̞miˌnikɑ]
Declension
Inflection of Dominica (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Dominica | — | |
genitive | Dominican | — | |
partitive | Dominicaa | — | |
illative | Dominicaan | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Dominica | — | |
accusative | nom. | Dominica | — |
gen. | Dominican | ||
genitive | Dominican | — | |
partitive | Dominicaa | — | |
inessive | Dominicassa | — | |
elative | Dominicasta | — | |
illative | Dominicaan | — | |
adessive | Dominicalla | — | |
ablative | Dominicalta | — | |
allative | Dominicalle | — | |
essive | Dominicana | — | |
translative | Dominicaksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Dominicatta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of Dominica (type kulkija) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Dominicani | Dominicamme |
2nd person | Dominicasi | Dominicanne |
3rd person | Dominicansa |
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doˈmiːnika/
Audio (file)
Italian
Latin
Etymology
Ellipsis of diēs Dominica (“Lord’s Day, day of the Lord, Sunday”), used for the island of Dominica since it was sighted by Christopher Columbus on a Sunday.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /doˈmi.ni.ka/, [d̪ɔˈmɪnɪkä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /doˈmi.ni.ka/, [d̪oˈmiːnikä]
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /domiˈnika/ [d̪o.miˈni.ka]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ika
- Syllabification: Do‧mi‧ni‧ca
Swedish
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