- a city in and the capital of the Dominican Republic, on the southern coast: first European settlement in America 1496.
- a former name of Dominican Republic.
- a former name of Hispaniola.
- the capital and chief port of the Dominican Republic, on the S coast: the oldest continuous European settlement in the Americas, founded in 1496; university (1538). Pop: 1 920 000 (2005 est)
- the former name (until 1844) of the Dominican Republic
- another name (esp in colonial times) for Hispaniola
