Dominican
Order of Preachers
Dominican has two distinct meanings depending on context.
It refers to people or things from the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean nation sharing the island of Hispaniola with Haiti: Dominican baseball players have transformed Major League rosters.
Separately, Dominican designates members of the Roman Catholic Order of Preachers, founded by St.
Dominic in the 13th century: Dominican friars, a Dominican monastery.
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Water-bounded land mass
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
- HispaniolaCaribbean island, two countries
- AntillesCaribbean island arc
- beachesSandy coastal areas
palm · Caribbean Sea · coastline · tourism · resorts · sugarcane · plantains · coral reefs
Ohio's seat of government
- HispaniolaCaribbean island, two countries
- TrujilloCaribbean authoritarian ruler
- ArawakIndigenous Caribbean language group
- caciqueNative chief or strongman
encomienda · colonialism · independence · amber · diaspora · creole
Mendicant order member
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- AquinasScholastic philosopher-theologian surname
- rosaryBeaded prayer counter
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
habit · mendicant · priory · convent · inquisition · theologian · vestments · cloister
Status as state member
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
consulate · embassy · repatriation · resident · population · expatriate · New York · Washington Heights
merengue
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island
Water-bounded land mass
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
- HispaniolaCaribbean island, two countries
- AntillesCaribbean island arc
beaches · palm · Caribbean Sea · coastline · tourism · resorts · sugarcane · plantains · coral reefs · mangroves
Columbus
Ohio's seat of government
- HispaniolaCaribbean island, two countries
- TrujilloCaribbean authoritarian ruler
- ArawakIndigenous Caribbean language group
cacique · encomienda · colonialism · independence · amber · diaspora · creole
friar
Mendicant order member
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- AquinasScholastic philosopher-theologian surname
- rosaryBeaded prayer counter
preacher · habit · mendicant · priory · convent · inquisition · theologian · vestments · cloister · devotion
citizenship
Status as state member
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
naturalization · consulate · embassy · repatriation · resident · population · expatriate · New York · Washington Heights · immigrant
- DemonymsAmerican, Australian, Canadian, British, Chinese
- Islandersislander, Hawaiians, Hawaiian, Fijians, Jamaican
- American EthnicityIrish American, Italian American, German American, Mexican American, Polish American
- Caribbean identityAfro-Caribbean, Indo-Caribbean, Creole, mulatto, mestizo
- NationalitiesAmerican, Australian, Brazilian, British, Canadian
- Cigarscigar box, cigar bands, cigar bar, torpedo, corona
DominicanFranciscan
Mendicant order member
Jesuit · Carmelite · Augustinian · Benedictine · layperson
- Dominican RepublicCaribbean island nation