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Descriptor English: Dominican Republic
Descriptor Spanish: República Dominicana
Descriptor República Dominicana
Scope note: República de las Antillas Mayores en las Indias Occidentales. Su capital es Santo Domingo. Junto con Haití, constituyen la isla La Española - la República Dominicana situada al este sobre dos tercios de la isla, mientras que el tercio situado en el oeste lo ocupa Haití. Se fundó en 1844 tras una revuelta contra el gobierno el presidente Boyer en la totalidad de la isla La Española, a la que arribó Colón en 1492, instalándose en ella al año siguiente. Excepto durante un breve periodo de tiempo de anexión a España (1861-1865), ha sido independiente, manteniendo vínculos de asociación con los Estados Unidos. Su denominación procede del español Santo Domingo, con referencia al día en que fue descubierta, un domingo. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p338, 506 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p151)
Descriptor Portuguese: República Dominicana
Descriptor French: République dominicaine
Tree number(s): Z01.107.084.900.300
Z01.639.880.300
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004293
Scope note: 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)
Annotation: 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
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
DeCS ID: 4353
Unique ID: D004293
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Dominican Republic - Preferred
Concept UI M0006751
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Dominican Republic



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