Dominica
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English
Etymology
From Latin Dominica (“Lord's Day , Sunday ”) due to being sighted by Columbus on a Sunday.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌdɒ.mɪ.ˈniː.kə/, /də.ˈmɪ.nɪ.kə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌdɑ.mɪ.ˈniː.kə/, /də.ˈmɪ.nɪ.kə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file)
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, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America
Anagrams
Asturian
Proper noun
Dominica
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dominica f
Derived terms
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Dominica
- Dominica (a country in North America)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dominica
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 | — | |
| abessive | Dominicatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dominica n (proper noun, genitive Dominicas or (optionally with an article) Dominica)
Italian
Proper noun
Dominica f
Anagrams
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 Latin) IPA(key): /doˈmi.ni.ka/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /doˈmi.ni.ka/,
Proper noun
Dominica f (genitive Dominicae); first declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) Sunday
- (New Latin) Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Dominica | Dominicae |
| Genitive | Dominicae | Dominicārum |
| Dative | Dominicae | Dominicīs |
| Accusative | Dominicam | Dominicās |
| Ablative | Dominicā | Dominicīs |
| Vocative | Dominica | Dominicae |
| Locative | Dominicae | Dominicīs |
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Dominica
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Dominica
See also
Portuguese
Proper noun
Dominica f
- Alternative form of Domínica
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dominica f
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: ドミニカ (Dominika)
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Dominica n (genitive Dominicas)
Related terms
Further reading
- Dominica in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
- Svensk MeSH