Santo Domingo

[ san-toh duh-ming-goh; Spanish sahn-taw thaw-meeng-gaw ]

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a city in and the capital of the Dominican Republic, on the southern coast: first European settlement in America 1496. Formerly Ciudad Trujillo.
a former name of Dominican Republic.
a former name of Hispaniola.

Santo Domingo

/ ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo; ˈsæntəʊ dəˈmɪŋɡəʊ /

noun

the capital and chief port of the Dominican Republic, on the S coast: the oldest continuous European settlement in the Americas, founded in 1496; university (1538). Pop: 1 920 000 (2005 est) Former name (1936–61)Ciudad Trujillo
the former name (until 1844) of the Dominican Republic
another name (esp in colonial times) for Hispaniola

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The Dominican Republic says it has arrested more than 130 Haitian women and children on the first day of a crackdown of undocumented migrants in Santo Domingo's hospitals.

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New York Mayor Eric Adams travelled to Santo Domingo on Sunday and visited the site of the disaster.

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Hundreds of rescue workers in the Dominican Republic have been searching through the night for survivors of a roof collapse at a nightclub in the capital, Santo Domingo.

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Hidden in a banana shipment, officials found 9,500kg of the drug at a port in the capital, Santo Domingo.

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The Dominican Republic has long claimed that it is host to his body and a mausoleum is dedicated to him in the city of Santo Domingo.

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