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Santo Domingo

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Noun

1. capital of the dominican republic, ciudad trujillo, santo domingo

the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Santo Domingo

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noun
1. 
the capital and chief port of the Dominican Republic, on the S coast: the oldest continuous European settlement in the Americas, founded in 1496; university (1538). Pop: 2 945 353 (2015 est)
. Former name (1936–61): Ciudad Trujillo
2.  the former name (until 1844) of the Dominican Republic
3.  another name (esp in colonial times) for Hispaniola

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Santo Domingo

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1. 
seaport & capital of the Dominican Republic, on the S coast: pop. 3,523,000
2.  Obsolete
Dominican Republic
3.  Obsolete
Hispaniola

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Santo Domingo

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The capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic, in the southeast part of the island of Hispaniola on the Caribbean Sea. Founded in 1496 by Christopher Columbus's brother Bartholomew (c. 1460-1515), it was the first permanent European settlement in the Western Hemisphere. From 1936 to 1961, it was called Ciudad Trujillo. The name Santo Domingo has also been used for a Spanish colony on Hispaniola and for the Dominican Republic.

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