REPUBLIC OF HAITI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Haiti mean? 

• REPUBLIC OF HAITI (noun)
  The noun REPUBLIC OF HAITI has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF HAITI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPUBLIC OF 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 "Republic of Haiti"):

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

Meronyms (members of "Republic 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 ("Republic of Haiti" is a part of...):

Caribbean (region including the Caribbean Islands)

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

Holonyms ("Republic of 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)