haiti

Other forms of haiti

plural

haitis·

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 haiti

What does haiti mean?

haiti means "a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in haiti?

haiti has 2 syllables: hai-ti. The stress falls on "hai". In IPA it is /ˈheɪti/.

What is another word for haiti?

Close synonyms include Republic of Haiti, Hispaniola, Hayti. 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 haiti a common word?

haiti is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.