Saint-Domingue
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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Saint-Domingue
Other forms of name
Saint Domingo
nna Santo Domingo (French colony)
Colonie française de Saint-Domingue
St. Domingue
See Also From tracing corporate name
Haiti
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Wimpffen, A. A voyage to Saint Domingo, 1817.
- Encyc. brit.(under Santo Domingo: during colonial era, the Spanish portion of Hispaniola [eastern two thirds] was named Santo Domingo; when the French occupied the western third, they called their colony St. Domingue; the French portion became the Republic of Haiti in 1804)
- Grand dict. encyc. Larousse(under Haiti ou Saint-Domingue: during the 17th cent. possession of the western third of the island was progressively taken over by the French; in 1803 the French were driven out and independence was declared Jan. 1, 1804; the French name Saint-Domingue was changed to Haiti)