"Black friar," 1630s, from Latin form of the name of Domingo de Guzman (Santo Domingo), founder of the order of preaching friars. His name, like Italian form Dominic, is from Latin dominicus "pertaining to a lord."
Dominican (2)
"native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic," 1853, from the Caribbean island of Dominica, home of the nation, so named 1493, from Latin (dies) dominica "Sunday," the day of the week on which the island was discovered.
例文
1. Gabriel lives in the Dominican Republic.
キャドバリードミニカ共和国で生活している。
2.The first testing ground of the new policy was the Dominican Republic.
まず新しい政策を試す場所はドミニカ共和国である。
3.American naval commanders were running the government of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
アメリカの海軍指揮官たちはドミニカ共和国とハイチ政府を司っている。
4.Nine people died in a deadly fire at a Dominican Republic nightclub.
9人はドミニカ共和国のナイトクラブの火事で死亡した。
5.We 're putting gasification online at our Dominican Republic plant.