Dominican
noun
Do·min·i·can
də-ˈmi-ni-kən 
: a member of a mendicant order of friars founded by St. Dominic in 1215 and dedicated especially to preaching
Dominican
adjective
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In this June 25, 2007 file photo, a Dominican Navy soldier stands guard over bales of cocaine during a news conference in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025
Zardoya started by shouting out her home, Puerto Rico, then came Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama and lastly, Mexico — which received the biggest cheer from the crowd.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
As evening fell, a pair of cars with open trunks and imposing sound systems, known in Dominican street culture as kitipó, were parked at each end of the runway.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Reading the Dominican Republic Tourism website, prospective vacationers wouldn’t expect a congested vacation.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025
Zardoya started by shouting out her home, Puerto Rico, then came Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama and lastly, Mexico — which received the biggest cheer from the crowd.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
As evening fell, a pair of cars with open trunks and imposing sound systems, known in Dominican street culture as kitipó, were parked at each end of the runway.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Reading the Dominican Republic Tourism website, prospective vacationers wouldn’t expect a congested vacation.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Dominican
noun
Do·min·i·can
də-ˈmin-i-kən
: a member of a mendicant order of preaching friars founded in 1215
Dominican
adjective
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