noun
1. a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
• Syn: ↑Republic of Haiti
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Haitian
• Members of this Topic: ↑voodoo
• Member Holonyms: ↑Organization of American States, ↑OAS
• Part Holonyms: ↑Hispaniola, ↑Hayti, ↑Caribbean
• Member Meronyms: ↑Haitian
• Part Meronyms: ↑Port-au-Prince, ↑Haitian capital
2. an island in the West Indies
• Syn: ↑Hispaniola, ↑Hayti
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Hispaniolan (for: ↑Hispaniola)
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑island
• Part Holonyms: ↑Greater Antilles
• Part Meronyms: ↑Republic of Haiti, ↑Dominican Republic
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a country in the Caribbean Sea
Useful english dictionary. 2012.