Preferred Label : dominican republic;
MeSH definition : 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);
MeSH 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;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican Republic;
Origin ID : D004293;
UMLS CUI : C0013014;
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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)
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