HAITI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Haiti mean? 

• HAITI (noun)
  The noun HAITI has 2 senses:

1. a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere

2. an island in the West Indies

  Familiarity information: HAITI used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAITI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Haiti; Republic of Haiti

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Haiti"):

Haitian capital; Port-au-Prince (the capital and largest city of Haiti)

Meronyms (members of "Haiti"):

Haitian (a native or inhabitant of Haiti)

Domain member category:

voodoo ((Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities)

Holonyms ("Haiti" is a part of...):

Caribbean (region including the Caribbean Islands)

Haiti; Hayti; Hispaniola (an island in the West Indies)

Holonyms ("Haiti" is a member of...):

OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)

Derivation:

Haitian (of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An island in the West Indies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Haiti; Hayti; Hispaniola

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Haiti"):

Haiti; Republic of Haiti (a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere)

Dominican Republic (a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola)

Holonyms ("Haiti" is a part of...):

Greater Antilles (a group of islands in the western West Indies)

 Context examples 

Denotes the inhabitants of Haiti, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(Haitian, NCI Thesaurus)

A country comprising the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti.

(Dominican Republic, NCI Thesaurus)

Bangladesh, China, Haiti, India, Pakistan, North Korea and South Sudan are some of the most affected countries.

(Pollution is the World’s No. 1 Killer, VOA)