Hispaniola

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Caribbean island Greater Antilles island island

Hispaniola is a major Caribbean island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic and was one of the earliest and most important centers of Spanish colonization in the Americas.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Hispaniola canonical 86
island of Hispaniola 5
Caribbean island of Hispaniola 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Caribbean island ⓘ
Greater Antilles island ⓘ
island ⓘ
area about 76480 square kilometers ⓘ
borderBetweenStates border between Haiti and Dominican Republic ⓘ
colonizedBy Spain ⓘ
containsCapitalOf Dominican Republic ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
containsCity Port-au-Prince ⓘ
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ⓘ
surface form: Santo Domingo
countryOnIsland Dominican Republic ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
dateOfEuropeanDiscovery 1492 ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans Christopher Columbus ⓘ
earlyColonyOf Spanish Empire ⓘ
easternPartOccupiedBy Dominican Republic ⓘ
formerName Española ⓘ
Hispaniola self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: La Española

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ⓘ
surface form: Santo Domingo
hasBiodiversityHotspot Caribbean Islands biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
hasClimate tropical ⓘ
hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Pico Duarte ⓘ
hasMajorLake Lake Azuei ⓘ
Lake Enriquillo ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage French ⓘ
Haitian Creole ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Artibonite River ⓘ
Yaque del Norte River ⓘ
hasPoliticalDivision Dominican Republic ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Haiti
highestPointElevation about 3098 meters ⓘ
isPartOfArchipelago West Indies ⓘ
largestIslandIn Greater Antilles after Cuba ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Greater Antilles ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC−05:00 ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
rankByAreaInCaribbean second-largest island in the Caribbean ⓘ
separatedFrom Cuba by Windward Passage ⓘ
Puerto Rico by Mona Passage ⓘ
sharesIslandWith Dominican Republic ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
wasFirstPermanentEuropeanSettlementInAmericasFor Spain ⓘ
wasImportantCenterOf Spanish colonization in the Americas ⓘ
westernPartOccupiedBy Haiti ⓘ

Referenced by (97)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Empire → hasPart → Hispaniola ⓘ
Caribbean → includes → Hispaniola ⓘ
Bahamas → liesNorthOf → Hispaniola ⓘ
Milwaukee Deep → nearbyIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
Taíno → inhabitedRegion → Hispaniola ⓘ
Haiti → locatedOn → Hispaniola ⓘ
this entity surface form: island of Hispaniola
Christopher Columbus → reached → Hispaniola ⓘ
Greater Antilles → hasPart → Hispaniola ⓘ
West Indies → hasPart → Hispaniola ⓘ
Dominican Republic → locatedOn → Hispaniola ⓘ
this entity surface form: island of Hispaniola
American flamingo → nativeTo → Hispaniola ⓘ
Hispaniola → formerName → Hispaniola self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Española
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic → locatedIn → Hispaniola ⓘ
Port-au-Prince → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
Lucayan Archipelago → borderedBy → Hispaniola ⓘ
Lucayan Archipelago → liesNorthOf → Hispaniola ⓘ
1492: Conquest of Paradise (film score) → notableTrack → Hispaniola ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispanola
voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas → exploredRegion → Hispaniola ⓘ
Diego Columbus → regionGoverned → Hispaniola ⓘ
Pico Duarte → locatedIn → Hispaniola ⓘ
Pico Duarte → isHighestPointOf → Hispaniola ⓘ
Caribbean islands → hasPart → Hispaniola ⓘ
Mona Passage → separates → Hispaniola ⓘ
Mona Passage → locatedEastOf → Hispaniola ⓘ
French colony of Saint-Domingue → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
Colombian Basin → liesSouthwestOf → Hispaniola ⓘ
Spanish West Indies → hasPart → Hispaniola ⓘ
Antilles → contains → Hispaniola ⓘ
Septentrional-Oriente fault zone → extendsFrom → Hispaniola ⓘ
Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone → locatedIn → Hispaniola ⓘ
Peace of Basel between France and Spain → affectedTerritory → Hispaniola ⓘ
Cordillera Central → locatedIn → Hispaniola ⓘ
Jacques I → regionRuled → Hispaniola ⓘ
this entity surface form: island of Hispaniola (western part)
Bréda plantation → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
Jim Hawkins → associatedWith → Hispaniola ⓘ
Captain Smollett → commands → Hispaniola ⓘ
Captain Smollett → associatedWithShip → Hispaniola ⓘ
Wallace Beery as Long John Silver → settingOfWork → Hispaniola ⓘ
Long John Silver → associatedWith → Hispaniola ⓘ
Hurricane Maria → affectedArea → Hispaniola ⓘ
Dr. Livesey → shipAssociatedWith → Hispaniola ⓘ
Squire Trelawney → associatedWith → Hispaniola ⓘ
Nippes Department → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
Ganthier → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
Gulf of Gonâve → near → Hispaniola ⓘ
Española → refersTo → Hispaniola ⓘ
Española → formerNameOf → Hispaniola ⓘ
Española → modernName → Hispaniola ⓘ
Lake Enriquillo → locatedIn → Hispaniola ⓘ
Distrito Nacional → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ