Dominica

See also: dominica, dominicà, Domínica, and Đô-mi-ni-ca

English

Etymology

From Latin Dominica (“Lord's Day [Island], Sunday [Island]”) 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):

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• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Dominica

2. An island and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of Dominica.

Translations

island and country (Commonwealth of Dominica) in the Caribbean

• Antillean Creole: Donminik
• Arabic: دُومِينِيكَا f (duminikā)
• Aragonese: Dominica f
• Asturian: Dominica (ast) f
• Belarusian: Даміні́ка f (Daminíka)
• Bengali: ডোমিনিকা (bn) (ḍōminika)
• Breton: Dominica
• Bulgarian: Домини́ка f (Dominíka)
• Burmese: ဒိုမီနီကာ (duiminika)
• Catalan: Dominica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多米尼加 (zh) (Duōmǐníjiā), 多米尼克 (zh) (Duōmǐníkè)

• Czech: Dominika (cs) f
• Danish: Dominica
• Dutch: Dominica (nl) n
• Esperanto: Dominiko (eo)
• Estonian: Dominica (et)
• Faroese: Dominika
• Finnish: Dominica (fi)
• French: Dominique (fr) f
• Galician: Dominica (gl) f
• Georgian: დომინიკა (dominiḳa)
• German: Dominica (de) n
• Greek: Ντομίνικα (el) f (Ntomínika)
• Hebrew: דומיניקה \ דּוֹמִינִיקָה (he) f (domínika)
• Hindi: डोमिनिका (hi) (ḍominikā)
• Hungarian: Dominika (hu)
• Icelandic: Dóminíka (is) f
• Interlingua: Dominica
• Italian: Dominica (it) f
• Japanese: ドミニカ国 (ja) (Dominikakoku)
• Kalenjin: Dominika
• Kamba: Dominika
• Khmer: ដូមីនីក (km) (do mi nik)
• Kikuyu: Dominika
• Korean: 도미니카 연방 (Dominika yeonbang), 도미니카 련방 (Dominika ryeonbang) (North Korea)
• Latvian: Dominika f
• Lithuanian: Dominika (lt) f
• Luhya: Dominika
• Luo: Dominika
• Macedonian: Доминика (mk) f (Dominika)
• Maltese: Dominika
• Meru: Dominika
• Navajo: Damóo bikéyah
• Norman: Dominica f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Dominica (no)

  Nynorsk: Dominica (nn)

• Persian: دومینیکا (dominikâ)
• Polish: Dominika (pl) f
• Portuguese: Domínica (pt) f, Dominica (pt) f
• Romanian: Dominica (ro) f
• Russian: Домини́ка (ru) f (Dominíka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Доминика f

  Roman: Dominika (sh) f

• Spanish: Dominica (es) f
• Swahili: Dominika (sw)
• Swedish: Dominica (sv) n
• Tagalog: Dominika (tl)
• Thai: ดอมินีกา (dɔɔ-mí-nii-gâa)
• Turkish: Dominika (tr)
• Ukrainian: Доміні́ка (uk) f (Dominíka)
• Vietnamese: Đô-mi-ni-ca
• Volapük: Dominikeän (vo)
• Yoruba: Dòmíníkà

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

• daimonic

Asturian

Proper noun

Dominica

1. Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [du.miˈni.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [do.miˈni.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [do.miˈni.ka]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Dominica f

1. Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Derived terms

• dominiquès

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Dominica

1. Dominica (a country in North America)

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Dominica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdominikɑ/, [ˈdo̞miˌnikɑ̝]

Proper noun

Dominica

1. Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Declension

Inflection of Dominica (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of Dominica (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Dominicani — accusative nom. Dominicani — gen. Dominicani genitive Dominicani — partitive Dominicaani — inessive Dominicassani — elative Dominicastani — illative Dominicaani — adessive Dominicallani — ablative Dominicaltani — allative Dominicalleni — essive Dominicanani — translative Dominicakseni — abessive Dominicattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Dominicasi — accusative nom. Dominicasi — gen. Dominicasi genitive Dominicasi — partitive Dominicaasi — inessive Dominicassasi — elative Dominicastasi — illative Dominicaasi — adessive Dominicallasi — ablative Dominicaltasi — allative Dominicallesi — essive Dominicanasi — translative Dominicaksesi — abessive Dominicattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Dominicamme — accusative nom. Dominicamme — gen. Dominicamme genitive Dominicamme — partitive Dominicaamme — inessive Dominicassamme — elative Dominicastamme — illative Dominicaamme — adessive Dominicallamme — ablative Dominicaltamme — allative Dominicallemme — essive Dominicanamme — translative Dominicaksemme — abessive Dominicattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Dominicanne — accusative nom. Dominicanne — gen. Dominicanne genitive Dominicanne — partitive Dominicaanne — inessive Dominicassanne — elative Dominicastanne — illative Dominicaanne — adessive Dominicallanne — ablative Dominicaltanne — allative Dominicallenne — essive Dominicananne — translative Dominicaksenne — abessive Dominicattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Dominicansa — accusative nom. Dominicansa — gen. Dominicansa genitive Dominicansa — partitive Dominicaansa — inessive Dominicassaan Dominicassansa — elative Dominicastaan Dominicastansa — illative Dominicaansa — adessive Dominicallaan Dominicallansa — ablative Dominicaltaan Dominicaltansa — allative Dominicalleen Dominicallensa — essive Dominicanaan Dominicanansa — translative Dominicakseen Dominicaksensa — abessive Dominicattaan Dominicattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• dominicalainen

 

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈmiːnika/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Dominica n (proper noun, genitive Dominicas or (optionally with an article) Dominica)

1. Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Italian

Proper noun

Dominica f

1. Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Anagrams

• dinamico, modicani, monadici, nomadici

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/, [d̪ɔˈmɪnɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /doˈmi.ni.ka/, [d̪oˈmiːnikä]

Proper noun

Dominica f (genitive Dominicae); first declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) Sunday
   • 1717, Breviarium Sacri Ordinis Cartusiensis [Breviary of the Holy Carthusian Order]‎^[1]:

     Excipiuntur Dominicæ contingentes in Festo Exaltationis sanctæ Crucis

     Sundays coincident with the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross are excepted

2. (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

1. Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

See also

• dominiker, dominikaner
• dominikisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Dominica

1. Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

See also

• dominikar
• dominikisk

Portuguese

Proper noun

Dominica f

1. Alternative form of Domínica

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /domiˈnika/ [d̪o.miˈni.ka]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: Do‧mi‧ni‧ca

Proper noun

Dominica f

1. Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Derived terms

• dominiqués

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: ドミニカ (Dominika)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Dominica n (genitive Dominicas)

1. Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Related terms

• dominiker
• dominikisk
• dominikiska

Further reading

• Dominica in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH