Republic of Haiti
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 • Syn: Haiti • Derivationally related forms: Haitian (for: Haiti) • Members of this Topic: voodoo • Instance Hypernyms: country, state, land • Member Holonyms: Organization of American States, OAS • Part Holonyms: Hispaniola, Haiti, Hayti, Caribbean • Member Meronyms: Haitian • Part Meronyms: Port-au-Prince, Haitian capital
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