Dominican-American
From Quisqueya, naturalized
Dominican-American describes a person of Dominican descent living in the United States, or things relating to this community: Dominican-American cuisine, the Dominican-American community in New York.
The term specifically refers to people with roots in the Dominican Republic, not the Caribbean island of Dominica.
New York City has the largest Dominican-American population.
Of two cultural backgrounds
- hyphenatedLinked by a dash
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- second-generationDescendants of original arrivals
immigrant · first-generation · assimilation · code-switching · transnational · bilingual · roots · homeland
Latin partnered dance
- bachataDominican romantic music genre
- platanosStarchy tropical fruit
- SpanglishHybrid of two languages
- quinceañeraFifteenth birthday celebration
domino · bodega · carnival · parades · baseball · familia · Catholic · chicharron
NYC's northernmost borough
- LawrenceKansas university city
- PatersonIndustrial Jersey municipality
- ProvidenceGod's protective care personified
- MiamiSoutheast Florida coastal city
bodega · neighborhood · enclave · barrio · remittances · flight · migration · settlement
Caribbean authoritarian ruler
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- 1965Year in the sixties
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- boatWatercraft for travel
undocumented · naturalization · citizenship · struggle · opportunity · sacrifice · remittances · discrimination
House of Representatives member
- artistMaker of creative works
- athleteSports competitor
- writerCreator of texts
- entertainerOne who amuses others
designer · activist · influencer · celebrity · representation · visibility · trailblazer
bicultural
Of two cultural backgrounds
- hyphenatedLinked by a dash
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
second-generation · immigrant · first-generation · assimilation · code-switching · transnational · bilingual · roots · homeland · ancestry
merengue
Latin partnered dance
quinceañera · domino · bodega · carnival · parades · baseball · familia · Catholic · chicharron · yuca
Bronx
NYC's northernmost borough
- LawrenceKansas university city
- PatersonIndustrial Jersey municipality
- ProvidenceGod's protective care personified
Miami · bodega · neighborhood · enclave · barrio · remittances · flight · migration · settlement · urban
Trujillo
Caribbean authoritarian ruler
boat · undocumented · naturalization · citizenship · struggle · opportunity · sacrifice · remittances · discrimination · resilience
congressman
House of Representatives member
entertainer · designer · activist · influencer · celebrity · representation · visibility · trailblazer
- Hyphenated IdentitiesFrench-Canadian, Anglo-Canadian, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Brazilian, Indo-Caribbean
Dominican-AmericanAnglo-American
British and American combined
WASP · European-American · Native American · African-American · Japanese-American
Dominican, American, America, Dominica, Americas, Americans, Dominicans, pan-American, Americanize