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NALT Full

Preferred term

Hispaniola

Type

Geographical

Definition

An island in the north central Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba, divided between the republic of Haiti on the west and the Dominican Republic on the east.
Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Concept scheme: NALT Full
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Atlantic Ocean Islands

Narrower concepts

Related concepts

Caribbean

Scope note

Use to refer to the island as a whole.

In other languages

La Española

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/13629

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