# Dominica
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Dominica (“Lord's Day [Island], Sunday [Island]”) due to being sighted by Columbus on a Sunday.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌdɒ.mɪˈniː.kə/, /dəˈmɪ.nɪ.kə/
* (US) IPA: /ˌdɑ.mɪˈniː.kə/, /dəˈmɪ.nɪ.kə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Proper noun

Dominica
* An island and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of Dominica.

#### Translations
### See also

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Canada
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States of America

### Anagrams

* daimonic

## Asturian
### Proper noun

Dominica
* Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [du.miˈni.kə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [do.miˈni.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [do.miˈni.ka]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Proper noun

Dominica f
* Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Derived terms

* dominiquès

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Dominica
* Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin Dominica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdominikɑ/, [ˈdo̞miˌnikɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ikɑ

### Proper noun

Dominica
* Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Dominica (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Dominicani
accusative
nom.
Dominicani
gen.
Dominicani
genitive
Dominicani
partitive
Dominicaani
inessive
Dominicassani
elative
Dominicastani
illative
Dominicaani
adessive
Dominicallani
ablative
Dominicaltani
allative
Dominicalleni
essive
Dominicanani
translative
Dominicakseni
abessive
Dominicattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Dominicasi
accusative
nom.
Dominicasi
gen.
Dominicasi
genitive
Dominicasi
partitive
Dominicaasi
inessive
Dominicassasi
elative
Dominicastasi
illative
Dominicaasi
adessive
Dominicallasi
ablative
Dominicaltasi
allative
Dominicallesi
essive
Dominicanasi
translative
Dominicaksesi
abessive
Dominicattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Dominicamme
accusative
nom.
Dominicamme
gen.
Dominicamme
genitive
Dominicamme
partitive
Dominicaamme
inessive
Dominicassamme
elative
Dominicastamme
illative
Dominicaamme
adessive
Dominicallamme
ablative
Dominicaltamme
allative
Dominicallemme
essive
Dominicanamme
translative
Dominicaksemme
abessive
Dominicattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Dominicanne
accusative
nom.
Dominicanne
gen.
Dominicanne
genitive
Dominicanne
partitive
Dominicaanne
inessive
Dominicassanne
elative
Dominicastanne
illative
Dominicaanne
adessive
Dominicallanne
ablative
Dominicaltanne
allative
Dominicallenne
essive
Dominicananne
translative
Dominicaksenne
abessive
Dominicattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Dominicansa
accusative
nom.
Dominicansa
gen.
Dominicansa
genitive
Dominicansa
partitive
Dominicaansa
inessive
Dominicassaan Dominicassansa
elative
Dominicastaan Dominicastansa
illative
Dominicaansa
adessive
Dominicallaan Dominicallansa
ablative
Dominicaltaan Dominicaltansa
allative
Dominicalleen Dominicallensa
essive
Dominicanaan Dominicanansa
translative
Dominicakseen Dominicaksensa
abessive
Dominicattaan Dominicattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* dominicalainen

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doˈmiːnika/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Dominica n (proper noun, genitive Dominicas or (optionally with an article) Dominica)
* Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

## Italian
### Proper noun

Dominica f
* Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

### Anagrams

* dinamico, modicani, monadici, nomadici

## Latin
### Etymology

Ellipsis of diēs Dominica (“Lord’s Day, day of the Lord, Sunday”), used for the island of Dominica since it was sighted by Christopher Columbus on a Sunday.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /doˈmi.ni.ka/, [d̪ɔˈmɪnɪkä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /doˈmi.ni.ka/, [d̪oˈmiːnikä]

### Proper noun

Dominica f (genitive Dominicae); first declension
* (Ecclesiastical Latin) Sunday
** 1717, Breviarium Sacri Ordinis Cartusiensis [Breviary of the Holy Carthusian Order]‎:Excipiuntur Dominicæ contingentes in Festo Exaltationis sanctæ CrucisSundays coincident with the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross are excepted
* (New Latin) Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, with locative.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Dominica
* Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### See also

* dominiker, dominikaner
* dominikisk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Dominica
* Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### See also

* dominikar
* dominikisk

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Dominica f
* Alternative form of Domínica: Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /domiˈnika/ [d̪o.miˈni.ka]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ika
* Syllabification: Do‧mi‧ni‧ca

### Proper noun

Dominica f
* Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Derived terms

* dominiqués

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: ドミニカ (Dominika)

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Dominica n (genitive Dominicas)
* Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* dominiker
* dominikisk
* dominikiska

### Further reading

* Dominica in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
* Svensk MeSH

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

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### Proper noun

Dominica f
* Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Coordinate terms

* Antigwa a Barbiwda
* Barbados
* Canada
* Ciwba
* Dominica
* Grenada
* Gweriniaeth Dominica
* Haiti
* Jamaica
* Mecsico
* Sant Kitts-Nevis
* Sant Lwsia
* Sant Vincent a'r Grenadines
* Trinidad a Thobago
* Unol Daleithiau America
* y Bahamas

#### Derived terms

* Gweriniaeth Dominica (“Dominican Republic”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.