"Black friar," 1630s, from Latin form of the name of Domingo de Guzman (Santo Domingo), founder of the order of preaching friars. His name, like Italian form Dominic, is from Latin dominicus "pertaining to a lord."
Dominican (2)
"native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic," 1853, from the Caribbean island of Dominica, home of the nation, so named 1493, from Latin (dies) dominica "Sunday," the day of the week on which the island was discovered.
雙語例句
1. Gabriel lives in the Dominican Republic.
加百利生活在多米尼加共和國.
來自超越目標英語 第1冊
2. The first testing ground of the new policy was the Dominican Republic.
首先考驗新政策的地方是多米尼加共和國.
來自辭典例句
3. American naval commanders were running the government of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
美國的海軍指揮官們掌管著多米尼加共和國和海地政府.
來自辭典例句
4. Nine people died in a deadly fire at a Dominican Republic nightclub.
九人在一家多米尼肯共和國夜總會的一場大火中喪生.
來自互聯網
5. We're putting gasification online at our Dominican Republic plant.