Editing Dominican Republic (section)

==Etymology==
The name Dominican originates from [[Saint Dominic]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rey |first1=Terry |title=Toward an Ethnohistory of Haitian Pilgrimage |journal=Journal de la Société des américanistes |date=2005 |volume=91 |issue=1 |page=163 |doi=10.4000/jsa.2889 |jstor=24606008 |issn=0037-9174|doi-access=free }}</ref> the patron saint of [[astronomer]]s, and founder of the [[Dominican Order]]. The Dominican Order established what is now known as the [[Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino|Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo]], the first university in the New World.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.laromanabayahibenews.com/2012/06/gentilicio-dominicano-origen-etimologico-motivaciones-historicas-por-giancarlo-d%E2%80%99alessandro-i-bandera-es-tu-bandera-proyecto-de-exposiciones-fotograficas-itinerantes-por-frank-luna/ |title=Gentilicio Dominicano: Origen Etimológico & Motivaciones Históricas. Por Giancarlo D'Alessandro. Mi Bandera es Tu Bandera: Proyecto de Exposiciones Fotográficas Itinerantes por Frank Luna |access-date=September 13, 2015 |work=www.laromanabayahibenews.com |archive-date=July 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714154435/http://www.laromanabayahibenews.com/2012/06/gentilicio-dominicano-origen-etimologico-motivaciones-historicas-por-giancarlo-d%E2%80%99alessandro-i-bandera-es-tu-bandera-proyecto-de-exposiciones-fotograficas-itinerantes-por-frank-luna/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

For most of its history, up until independence, the colony was known simply as ''{{lang|es|Santo Domingo}}''<ref name=firstcolony>{{cite web |url=http://countrystudies.us/dominican-republic/3.htm |title=Dominican Republic&nbsp;– The first colony |access-date=June 19, 2008 |work=Country Studies |publisher=[[Library of Congress]]; Federal Research Division |archive-date=December 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213213711/http://countrystudies.us/dominican-republic/3.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and continued to be commonly known as such in English until the early 20th century.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=CLpoeD3cbBkC&pg=PA1 Hand Book of Santo Domingo:] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111005804/https://books.google.com/books?id=CLpoeD3cbBkC&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=January 11, 2024 }} Bulletin, Issue 52. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1892. Digitized August 14, 2012. p. 3. ''"...the Republic of Santo Domingo or {{lang|es|República Dominicana}} (Dominican Republic) as it is officially designated."''</ref> The residents were called "Dominicans" ({{lang|es|Dominicanos}}), the adjectival form of "Domingo", and as such, the revolutionaries named their newly independent country the "Dominican Republic" ({{lang|es|la República Dominicana}}).

In the [[National Anthem of the Dominican Republic|national anthem of the Dominican Republic]] ({{lang|es|himno nacional de la República Dominicana}}), the poetic term "Quisqueyans" ({{lang|es|Quisqueyanos}}) is used instead of "Dominicans". The word "Quisqueya" derives from the [[Ciguayo language]], and means "mother of the lands". It is often used in songs as another name for the country. The name of the country in English is often shortened to "the D.R." ({{lang|es|la R.D.}}), but this is rare in Spanish.<ref name="Kraft">{{cite news |title=Paradise on the Beach: Resorts Are Beautiful in Caribbean's Punta Cana, But Poverty Is Outside the Gates |first=Randy |last=Kraft |url=https://www.mcall.com/2000/08/27/paradise-on-the-beach-resorst-are-beautiful-in-caribbeans-punta-cana-but-poverty-is-outside-the-gates/ |newspaper=[[The Morning Call]] |date=August 27, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921174246/http://articles.mcall.com/2000-08-27/entertainment/3318706_1_punta-cana-caribbean-sea-white-beach |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>