Haiti

See also: Haití, Haítí, and Haïti

English

Etymology

From Taíno hayiti (land of lofty barrows or mountains), which was the native name given to the whole island of Hispaniola.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈheɪ.ti/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪti

Proper noun

Haiti

  1. A country in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Haiti.

Translations

See also


Czech

Proper noun

Haiti n

  1. Haiti

Further reading

  • Haiti in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Haiti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Proper noun

Haiti

  1. Haiti

Declension

Inflection of Haiti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Haiti
genitive Haitin
partitive Haitia
illative Haitiin
singular plural
nominative Haiti
accusative nom. Haiti
gen. Haitin
genitive Haitin
partitive Haitia
inessive Haitissa
elative Haitista
illative Haitiin
adessive Haitilla
ablative Haitilta
allative Haitille
essive Haitina
translative Haitiksi
instructive
abessive Haititta
comitative

Derived terms


German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haˈiːti/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Haiti n (genitive Haitis)

  1. Haiti

Derived terms


Hungarian

Proper noun

Haiti m

  1. Haiti

Derived terms


Italian

Proper noun

Haiti m

  1. Haiti

Derived terms


Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Haiti

  1. Haiti

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Haiti

  1. Haiti

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaˈi.ti/, /xaˈji.ti/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Haiti n

  1. Haiti

Derived terms


Portuguese

Etymology

From French Haïti, from Taíno hayiti (mountainous land).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aj.ˈt͡ʃi/, /a.i.ˈt͡ʃi/

Proper noun

Haiti m

  1. Haiti (a country in the Caribbean)

Derived terms


Swedish

Proper noun

Haiti n (genitive Haitis)

  1. Haiti
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