(n) the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic, Syn. Ciudad Trujillo, capital of the Dominican Republic, Example:Santo Domingo is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in the Americas with the oldest cathedral and the oldest hospital and the oldest monastery in the Western Hemisphere
(n) (Roman Catholic Church) Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221), Syn. Domingo de Guzman, St. Dominic, Saint Dominic
n.; pl.Flamingoes [ Sp. flamenco, cf. Pg. flamingo, Prov. flammant, F. flamant; prop. a p. pr. meaning flaming. So called in allusion to its color. See Flame. ] (Zool.) Any bird of the genus Phœnicopterus. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum. [ 1913 Webster ]