| LC control no. | n 80057412 |
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| Geographic heading | Saint-Domingue |
| Variant(s) | Saint Domingo Santo Domingo (French colony) Colonie française de Saint-Domingue St. Domingue |
| See also | Haiti |
| Special note | SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Haiti. |
| Found in | Wimpffen, A. A voyage to Saint Domingo, 1817. Encyc. brit. (under Santo Domingo: during colonial era, the Spanish portion of Hispaniola [eastern two thirds] was named Santo Domingo; when the French occupied the western third, they called their colony St. Domingue; the French portion became the Republic of Haiti in 1804) Grand dict. encyc. Larousse (under Haiti ou Saint-Domingue: during the 17th cent. possession of the western third of the island was progressively taken over by the French; in 1803 the French were driven out and independence was declared Jan. 1, 1804; the French name Saint-Domingue was changed to Haiti) |
| Geographic area code | nwht--- |
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