dominica

1. 1.

   a country on the island of Dominica

   SynonymsCommonwealth of Dominica

   Broadercountry

   Part ofCaribbeanOrganization of American States

   PartsRoseau
2. 2.

   a volcanic island in the Windward Islands that was once a stronghold of the Carib Indians

   Broaderisland

   Part ofWindward Islands

Other forms of dominica

plural

dominicas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dominica

What does dominica mean?

dominica means "a country on the island of Dominica". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dominica?

dominica has 4 syllables: do-min-i-ca. The stress falls on "min". In IPA it is /dəˈmɪnɪkə/.

What is another word for dominica?

Close synonyms include Commonwealth of Dominica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dominica a common word?

dominica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.