indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Country & Island
Usage Afrikaans, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish
Pronounced Pron. /də.ˈmɪ.nɪ.kə/(English) /do.ˈmiː.ni.ka/(German) /do.mi.ˈni.ka/(Spanish) [key·simplify]
Other Forms FormsPortuguese variant: Domínica
Meaning & History
Derived from Latin dominica meaning "lordly" or "Sunday", named by explorer Christopher Columbus for his sighting of the island on a Sunday. This is the name of an island country in the Caribbean.