Dominguan

//dɔ.mɪŋ.ən// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A native or inhabitant of Saint-Domingue. historical

    "The mass arrival of Saint-Dominguan slaves, with their own religious practices, clearly had a profound effect on its development. As Sublette asserts, “[t]he newly arrived Domingans' vodou that came en masse from eastern Cuba had to coexist ...""

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Saint-Domingue or its people (inhabitants). historical

    "There was no Dominguan currency per se and the livre tournois was officially fixed at 50 per cent above par to attract coinage into the colony."

Synonyms

All synonyms
dominguoissaint dominicansaint-dominguansaint-dominguois

Example

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"There was no Dominguan currency per se and the livre tournois was officially fixed at 50 per cent above par to attract coinage into the colony."

Etymology

Domingue (Saint-Domingue) + -an

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