The Dominican Republic, is a country located on
the eastern two-thirds of the Caribbean island
of Hispaniola, bordering Haiti. Hispaniola is
the second-largest of the Greater Antilles
islands, and lies west of Puerto Rico and east
of Cuba and Jamaica.
Dominicans sometimes refer to their country as Quisqueya, a name for Hispaniola used by indigenous Taíno people meaning "high land", referring to the highest portion of the island of Hispaniola. The Dominican Republic is not to be confused with Dominica, another Caribbean country.
Dominicans sometimes refer to their country as Quisqueya, a name for Hispaniola used by indigenous Taíno people meaning "high land", referring to the highest portion of the island of Hispaniola. The Dominican Republic is not to be confused with Dominica, another Caribbean country.























