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SANTO DOMINGO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Santo Domingo mean?
• SANTO DOMINGO (noun)
The noun SANTO DOMINGO has 1 sense:
1. the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic
Familiarity information: SANTO DOMINGO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
capital of the Dominican Republic; Ciudad Trujillo; Santo Domingo
Context example:
Santo Domingo is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in the Americas with the oldest cathedral and the oldest hospital and the oldest monastery in the Western Hemisphere
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Santo Domingo" is a part of...):
Dominican Republic (a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola)
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