Crossword clues for haiti
haiti
- Aristide's former home
- Western side of Hispaniola
- Western part of Hispaniola
- West Indies republic
- West Indies nation
- Toussaint Louverture's country
- Tortuga's country
- The Santa Maria landed here
- Port-au-Prince's locale
- Port-au-Prince place
- Port-au-Prince country
- Part of the Antilles
- Papa Doc's land
- One side of Hispaniola
- Nation east of Jamaica
- Michel Martelly's country
- Land southeast of Cuba
- Hispaniola country
- Greater Antilles nation
- French-speaking republic
- French-speaking Caribbean nation
- Duvalier land
- Creole-speaking island nation
- Country where Wyclef Jean was born
- Country in the West Indies
- Columbus' 1492 landfall
- "The Pearl of the Antilles"
- Wyclef's birthplace
- Wyclef Jean's birthplace
- Where Wyclef Jean attempted to run for president
- Where the Santa Maria wrecked on Christmas Day
- Where the Santa Maria sank, nowadays
- Where rapper Wyclef Jean attempted to run for president
- Where Port-au-Prince is capital
- Where Les Cayes is
- Western half of Hispaniola
- West Indies island nation
- Voodoo's land
- Voodoo's birthplace
- Voodoo land
- Tortuga is part of it
- The world's first independent black republic
- The Santa Maria sank off its shore
- Site of an early 19th-century revolution
- Site of a 2004 political ouster
- Site of a 1790s revolution
- Saint-Domingue, today
- Republic in the Caribbean
- Port-au-Prince's island
- Port-au-Prince setting
- Port-au-Prince is there
- Poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere
- Poorest nation in the Americas
- Place to spend centimes
- Papa Doc's place
- Papa Doc's island
- Papa Doc's country
- Operation Uphold Democracy site
- Nation that shares an island with the Dominican Republic
- Most populous nation in Caricom
- Michel Martelly is its president
- Les Cayes's country
- Land on Hispaniola
- Land of voodoo
- Land of Hispaniola
- Land near Cuba
- Land east of Jamaica
- Its official languages are French and Creole
- It shares an island with the Dominican Republic
- Island visited by Columbus in 1492
- Home to "Papa Doc" and "Baby Doc"
- Home of the Tonton Macoutes
- Hispaniolan nation
- Hispaniola sharer
- Hispaniola nation
- Hispaniola Island Country
- Golfe de la Gonâve country
- French-speaking Western Hemisphere country
- French-speaking island country
- Francophone nation in North America
- First nation in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery
- Father of ___ (epithet for Toussaint L'Ouverture)
- Duvalier's domain
- Dominican Republic adjoiner
- Domain of the Duvaliers
- Country whose name anagrams to an island when its fourth letter is doubled
- Country to which Frederick Douglass was a U.S. ambassador
- Country southeast of Cuba
- Country next to the Dominican Republic
- Country known as the "Pearl of the Antilles"
- Country in January 2010 news
- Columbus discovered it, 1492
- Caribbean land
- Caribbean country whose capital is Port-au-Prince
- Bebe Doc's land
- Audubon's birthplace, today
- About one-third of Hispaniola, areawise
- 1492 landing site, now
- 1492 landfall
- Where 18-Downs are currency
- Cole Porter's "Katie Went to _____"
- Toussaint L'Ouverture's land
- RenГ© PrГ©val's domain
- Half of Hispaniola
- 1492 Columbus discovery
- Independent country since 1804
- Cacao exporter
- Second-oldest country in the Western Hemisphere
- Papa Doc ruled it
- Port-au-Prince's land
- Port-au-Prince is its capital
- Santa Maria wreck site
- Country with a palm tree on its flag
- Dominican Republic neighbor
- Land that won its independence in 1804
- Site of Toussaint L'Ouverture's revolt
- Its currency is the gourde
- Where Columbus made landfall, 1492
- Country adjacent to the Dominican Republic
- It has departments named Nord, Sud and Ouest
- Its national anthem is "La Dessalinienne"
- Jean-Bertrand Aristide's country
- French-speaking nation in the Americas
- Modern-day locale of the place where the Santa Maria ran aground in 1492
- Hispaniola's western half
- 2010 earthquake site
- Where Nord, Nord-Est and Nord-Ouest are departments
- Big exporter of mangoes
- Port-au-Prince's home
- Recipient of much 2010s humanitarian aid
- French-speaking land where John James Audubon was born
- Where Toussaint L'Ouverture led a revolt
- Country with voodooists
- An island in the West Indies
- A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola
- Achieved independence from France in 1804
- The poorest and most illiterate nation in the Western Hemisphere
- René Préval's domain
- Its capital is Port-au-Prince
- One of the West Indies
- West Indian nation
- Republic on Hispaniola
- Western Hispaniola
- Duvalier's turf
- Duvalier's domain, once
- Part of Hispaniola
- Columbus landfall, 1492
- Island discovered on Columbus's first voyage
- Duvalier's country
- Site of Cayes and Gonaïves
- Where Papa Doc ruled
- Voodoo country
- Port-au-Prince's country
- Site of Port-au-Prince
- Duvalier's land
- Voodoo is practiced here
- Christophe's homeland
- Island country
- Where to find Les Cayes
- Henri Christophe's land
- Porter's "Katie Went to ___"
- Papa Doc's milieu
- "Katie Went to ___": C. Porter
- Country hotel, first class, Tripoli, empty
- Country forming the western part of Hispaniola, independent since 1804
- Country dacha: it impresses on the inside
- Child succeeds before becoming recluse
- Caribbean republic
- Western part of island discovered by Columbus in 1492
- West Indian republic
- Strike Iraqi leader surrounding a country
- Some island seized by Henry I?
- Small island gatecrashes greeting for part of large island
- Republic had at first two small islands
- Island nation — it is secured by endless locks
- Destination for Hispaniola vacation I note
- Thai rebuilt capital in independent country
- Caribbean island sharer
- Caribbean country, capital Port-au-Prince
- Port-au-Prince's place
- Port-au-Prince's nation
- Aristide's land
- Dominican Republic's neighbor
- Caribbean nation with French as an official language
- Port-au-Prince locale
- Former French colony
- Country on the island of Hispaniola
- Columbus landfall of 1492
- Neighbor of Cuba
- Nation on Hispaniola
- L'Ouverture's land
- Hispaniola republic
- Hispaniola part
- Hispaniola half
- French-speaking Caribbean country struck by an earthquake in 2010
- Cuba neighbor
- Columbus landed there in 1492
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Haiti \Haiti\ n.
a country on the island of Hispaniola.
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an island in the West Indies.
Syn: Hispaniola, Hayti.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
from Arawak haiti "land of mountains," and probably originally the name of the whole island.
Wikipedia
Haiti (; ; ), officially the Republic of Haiti (; ), is a sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere ( North America). The country is located on the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Haiti is in size and has an estimated 10.6 million people, making it the most populous country in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the second-most populous country in the Caribbean as a whole.
Originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno people, Spain first became aware of the island on 5 December 1492 during the first voyage of Christopher Columbus across the Atlantic. When Columbus initially landed in Haiti, he had thought he had found India or Asia. On Christmas day, Columbus' flagship the Santa Maria, ran aground north of what is now Limonade. As a consequence, Columbus ordered his men to salvage what they could from the ship, and he created the first European settlement in the Americas, naming it La Navidad after the day the ship was destroyed. [2]
The island was named La Española and claimed by Spain, which ruled until the early 17th century. Competing claims and settlements by the French led to the western portion of the island being ceded to France, which named it Saint-Domingue. The development of sugarcane plantations, worked by slaves brought from Africa, led to the colony being among the most lucrative in the world.
In the midst of the French Revolution (1789–1799), slaves and free people of colour revolted in the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804), culminating in the abolition of slavery and the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte's army at the Battle of Vertières. Afterward the sovereign nation of Haiti was established on 1 January 1804 the first independent nation of Latin America and the Caribbean, the second republic in the Americas, the only nation in the western hemisphere to have defeated three European superpowers ( Britain, France and Spain), and the only nation in the world established as a result of a successful slave revolt. The rebellion that began in 1791 was led by a former slave and the first black general of the French Army, Toussaint Louverture, whose military genius and political acumen transformed an entire society of slaves into an independent country. Upon his death in a prison in France, he was succeeded by his lieutenant, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who declared Haiti's sovereignty and later became the first Emperor of Haiti, Jacques I. The Haitian Revolution lasted nearly a decade; and apart from Alexandre Pétion, the first President of the Republic, all the first leaders of government were former slaves. The Citadelle Laferrière is the largest fortress in the Americas. Henri Christophe former slave and first king of Haiti, Henri I built it to withstand a possible foreign attack.
In addition to CARICOM, Haiti is a member of the Latin Union, the Organization of American States, and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States; it is also seeking associate membership status in the African Union. It has the lowest Human Development Index in the Americas. Most recently, in February 2004, a coup d'état originating in the north of the country forced the resignation and exile of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. A provisional government took control with security provided by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Michel Martelly, the previous president, was elected in the 2011 general election.
Haiti is a Caribbean country occupying roughly three-eighths of the island of Hispaniola and includes many smaller islands. Haiti may also refer to:
Usage examples of "haiti".
I Jove Haiti, and I am trying to show the world some of its beauty and itsits quality.
Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nicaragua set the stage for the dictators Batista, Trujillo, the Duvaliers, and the Somozas, whose legacies still reverberate.
When Haiti refused to declare war on Germany after the United States did, we dissolved the Haitian legislature.
United States effectively made colonies of Nicaragua, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and several other countries.
Thanks to the printing press, detailed news of Haiti and later conquests spread swiftly.
As we identify with the helpless earthlings, Wells wanted us also to sympathize with the natives on Haiti in 1493, or on Australia in 1788, or in the upper Amazon jungle in the 1990s.
Columbus and his men returned to Haiti in 1493, they demanded food, gold, spun cotton-whatever the Indians had that they wanted, including sex with their women.
On Haiti the colonists made the Indians mine gold for them, raise Spanish food, and even carry them everywhere they went.
As soon as the 1493 expedition got to the Caribbean, before it even reached Haiti, Columbus was rewarding his lieutenants with native women to rape.
On Haiti, sex slaves were one more perquisite that the Spaniards enjoyed.
Predictably, Haiti then became the site of the first large-scale slave revolt, when blacks and Indians banded together in 1519.
The seeds of that five-century battle were sown in Haiti between 1493 and 1500.
In 1499, when Columbus finally found gold on Haiti in significant amounts, Spain became the envy of Europe.
On his final voyage Columbus shipwrecked on Jamaica, and the Arawaks there kept him and his crew of more than a hundred alive for a whole year until Spaniards from Haiti rescued them.
Our young nation got its first chance to help in the 1790s, when Haiti revolted against France, Whether a president owned slaves seems to have determined his policy toward the second independent nation in the hemisphere.