Hispaniola
/ˌhɪspənˈjəʊlə/- an island of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean, divided into the states of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. After its European discovery by Columbus in 1492, Hispaniola was colonized by the Spaniards, who ceded the western part (now Haiti) to France in 1697.伊斯帕尼奥拉岛（加勒比海大安的列斯群岛的一个岛屿, 分成海地共和国和多米尼加共和国; 1492年哥伦布发现该岛之后, 伊斯帕尼奥拉岛成为西班牙人的殖民地, 1697年岛的西半部［今海地］割让给了法国）。