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Dominica ( ; ; Island Carib: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is a sovereign island country. The capital, Roseau, is located on the leeward side of the island. It is part of the Windward islands in the Lesser Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea. The island lies south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its area is and the highest point is Morne Diablotins, at elevation. The population was 72,301 at the 2014 census.
The island was originally inhabited by the Kalinago and later colonised by the Europeans, predominately by the French from the 1690s, who arrived long after Columbus passed the island on Sunday, 3 November 1493 ("Sunday" = "Dominica" in Latin). Great Britain took it over in 1763 after the Seven Years' War and gradually established English as the official language. The island republic gained independence in 1978.
Its name is pronounced with emphasis on the third syllable, related to its French name of Dominique. Dominica has been nicknamed the "Nature Isle of the Caribbean" for its unspoiled natural beauty. It is the youngest island in the Lesser Antilles, still being formed by geothermal- volcanic activity, as evidenced by the world's second-largest hot spring, Boiling Lake. The island has lush mountainous rainforests, and is the home of many rare plants, animals, and bird species. There are xeric areas in some of the western coastal regions, but heavy rainfall occurs inland. The Sisserou parrot, also known as the imperial amazon and found only on Dominica, is the island's national bird and featured on the national flag. Dominica's economy depends on tourism and agriculture.
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Lucia, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Nevis, Anguilla, Barbados, Dominica, and more.
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The poisonous letters to Perpetua, to Anne, to Dominica and Miriam, and the letter to Mother Hilaria, missing and presumed destroyed.
Then, for the second straight day, the police of San Dominica took descriptions of the Cuban and Kingfish Toone.
St Vincent was the mountainous island of St Lucia, and then came Martinique, followed by Dominica, Guadeloupe, Antigua and then the group of French and British islands forming the north end of the Leewards.
Dominica sent her sleepy tirewoman away as soon as she came up from the ball.
The Rose Diary Coastown, San Dominica In the middle of a world of hack-arounds-fruit and straw vendors, fruits, package-rate tourists, cabdrivers by the gross, beeping double-decker buses-Carrie Rose looked around Politician Square and tried to single out one poor bugger who had to be sacrificed that morning.
And Dominica intended to vault herself to fame and fortune on the coattails of their murderous partnership.
Dominica Nosette's first daylight glimpse of London's East End was probably going to leave her in deep culture shock.
Dominica Nosette's first daylight glimpse of London's East End was probably going to leave her in deep culture shock-she just didn't know it, yet.
Dominica Nosette's first daylight glimpse of London's East End was probably going to leave her in deep culture shock—.
Dominica Nosette, whose name, face, and body seemed quintessentially French, yet who was as staidly British as kippers and jellied eels, was chattering away with her partner Guy Pendergast.
Once more, she stood on a mountain ridge overlooking the Roseau Valley of Dominica.
Dominica contains, like Atlantis, we are told, numerous hot and sulphur springs.
The lens recorded everything in front of her, whichever way Dominica turned her head, and the camera was specially fitted with low-light and infrared technology to record video signal in even the darkest alleyways.