Trinidad
See also: trinidad
English
Etymology
Spanish trinidad (“trinity”), named after the Holy Trinity by Columbus to fulfill a religious vow.
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun
Trinidad
- An island in the Caribbean, part of Trinidad and Tobago.
- A place in the United States:
- A home rule municipality, the county seat of Las Animas County, Colorado.
- A city in Humboldt County, California.
- 1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 159:
- ‘Some trouble on the road up north around Trinidad.’
- A minor city in Henderson County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community and ghost town in Grant County, Washington.
- A neighbourhood in north-east Washington, D.C.
- A number of places in other countries:
- A city, the capital of the Beni department, Bolivia.
- A town and municipality in Casanare department, Colombia.
- A town in Sancti Spíritus province, Cuba.
- A district in Itapúa department, Paraguay.
- A municipality in Bohol province, Philippines.
- A city, the capital of the Flores department, Uruguay.
Derived terms
Translations
an island of the Caribbean
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Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
trinidad (“trinity”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾiniˈdad/ [t̪ɾi.niˈð̞að̞]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: Tri‧ni‧dad
Derived terms
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tɾiniˈdad/ [tɾɪ.nɪˈdad]
- Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: Tri‧ni‧dad
Proper noun
Trinidád (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜒᜇᜇ᜔)
- Trinidad (an island in Trinidad and Tobago)
- Alternative letter-case form of trinidad
Further reading
- “Trinidad”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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