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Meaning of la española




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

la española
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Name of a Caribbean island, discovered and named after Christopher Columbus. She was discovered on her first trip. It currently corresponds to the territories of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It has also been known as Hispaniola (French and Latin), Ispayola (Haitian Creole) or Haiti (meaning mountainous land), Bohío, Quisqueya, Baneque or Babeque and the most used Santo Domingo. Name of a traditional and famous bakery chain in Bogotá.

  




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Hispaniola is the name given by Christopher Columbus to an island in the Antilles (Caribbean Sea), which over time was called in different ways, being today Santo Domingo the most accepted in Spanish. In it are the nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

  



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