Dominica
/ˌdɒmɪˈniːkə/- a mountainous island in the Caribbean, the loftiest of the Lesser Antilles and the northernmost and largest of the Windward Islands; pop. 72,700 (est. 2009); languages, English (official), Creole; capital, Roseau. The island came into British possession at the end of the 18th century, becoming an independent republic within the Commonwealth in 1978.多米尼克（加勒比海中的一多山岛屿, 系小安的列斯群岛中的最高岛屿, 向风群岛中最北部和最大的岛屿; 2009年估计人口72,700; 语言为英语和克利奥尔语, 其中英语为官方语言, 首都罗索; 该岛在18世纪末成为英国领土, 1978年成为英联邦内一独立共和国）。
词源
named by Columbus， who discovered it on a Sunday （Latin dies dominica 'the Lord's day'） in 1493.