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Haiti

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈheɪ.ti//

A country in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Haiti.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A country in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Haiti.

    Both groups have recently started testing their first prototypes. Matternet ran a series of successful field tests of its prototype UAVs in the Dominican Republic and Haiti in September, and met local groups to sell the idea.

  2. 2

    obsoleteSynonym of Hispaniola.

Etymology

From Taíno hayiti (“land of lofty barrows or mountains”), which was the native name given to the whole island of Hispaniola.

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