"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.
双语例句
1. Gabriel lives in the Dominican Republic.
加百利生活在多米尼加共和国.
来自超越目标英语 第1册
2. The first testing ground of the new policy was the Dominican Republic.
首先考验新政策的地方是多米尼加共和国.
来自辞典例句
3. American naval commanders were running the government of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
美国的海军指挥官们掌管着多米尼加共和国和海地政府.
来自辞典例句
4. Nine people died in a deadly fire at a Dominican Republic nightclub.
九人在一家多米尼肯共和国夜总会的一场大火中丧生.
来自互联网
5. We're putting gasification online at our Dominican Republic plant.