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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Raised partly in the Dominican Republic, Velez’s recipes for treats like tres leches cake and guava and cheese pastelitos are nods to the country’s traditional desserts.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2024
Punta Cana Airport in the Dominican Republic is the second largest airport in the Caribbean.
—Todd A. Price, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Their neighborhood of Washington Heights, a hilly enclave of nearly 144,000 residents north of Harlem and sandwiched between the Hudson and Harlem Rivers, has long attracted families with its large apartments, sprawling parks and close community of immigrants from the Dominican Republic.
—Winnie Hu, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Raquel Rosario Sánchez is a writer, researcher, and campaigner from the Dominican Republic.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2024
Punta Cana Airport in the Dominican Republic is the second largest airport in the Caribbean.
—Todd A. Price, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Their neighborhood of Washington Heights, a hilly enclave of nearly 144,000 residents north of Harlem and sandwiched between the Hudson and Harlem Rivers, has long attracted families with its large apartments, sprawling parks and close community of immigrants from the Dominican Republic.
—Winnie Hu, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Raquel Rosario Sánchez is a writer, researcher, and campaigner from the Dominican Republic.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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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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