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Definition of Hispaniolan
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the West Indian island of Hispaniola.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hispaniolan
Literary usage of Hispaniolan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1921)
"... more closely than to the Hispaniolan species. 12. ... but I have retained
Cope's name pending a verification of the status of the Hispaniolan form. 13. ..."
2. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1916)
"Considering all Hispaniolan genera except ... in Malusia and 1 (16.7 per cent.)
in Australia. The American distribution of Hispaniolan genera outside ..."
3. Haïti and Spain: A Memorial by Richard Hill (1862)
"The territory acquired by France bad rested from '95 to 1801, neither French nor
Spanish, but Hispaniolan, and self-governed,—in consequence of the eventual ..."
4. Works by Herbert Spencer (1892)
"The people of Java believe that the souls of Europeans pass at death into the
bodies of tigers; and it is related of a Hispaniolan chief that he hoped not ..."
5. Latin-American [mythology] by Hartley Burr Alexander (1920)
"Columbus, in the Journal of the first voyage (tr. Bourne, p. 223), is authority
for the statement that "Carib" is the Hispaniolan ..."
6. Tobacco: Its History and Associations; Including an Account of the Plant and by Frederick William Fairholt (1876)
"... which is its Hispaniolan name; and is spelt by other travellers cohiba.
It was known as petun in Brazil, ..."
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