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Descriptor English:
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Dominican Republic
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Descriptor Spanish:
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República Dominicana
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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República Dominicana
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Tree Number:
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Z01.107.084.900.300
Z01.639.880.300
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Definition English:
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A republic in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is Santo Domingo. With Haiti, it forms the island of Hispaniola - the Dominican Republic occupying the eastern two thirds, and Haiti, the western third. It was created in 1844 after a revolt against the rule of President Boyer over the entire island of Hispaniola, itself visited by Columbus in 1492 and settled the next year. Except for a brief period of annexation to Spain (1861-65), it has been independent, though closely associated with the United States. Its name comes from the Spanish Santo Domingo, Holy Sunday, with reference to its discovery on a Sunday. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p338, 506 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p151) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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with Haiti = Hispaniola, a hist name for the island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies; do not confuse with DOMINICA, also in the West Indies
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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4353
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Unique Identifier:
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D004293
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