quisqueyano
Spanish, noun/kiskeˈʝano/
quisqueyano is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Quisqueyan (native or inhabitant of the municipality of Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macorís province, Dominican Republic) (usually male)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does quisqueyano mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Quisqueyan (of, from or relating to the municipality of Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macorís province, Dominican Republic)
- 2
Dominican (of, from or relating to the Dominican Republic)
noun
- 1
masculineQuisqueyan (native or inhabitant of the municipality of Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macorís province, Dominican Republic) (usually male)
- 2
masculineDominican (native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic) (usually male)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Persona nativa u oriunda de Quisqueya o La Española. 2. Se dice de algo que proviene o tiene relación con Quisqueya o La Española.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of quisqueyano
- quisqueyana feminine
- quisqueyanos masculine plural
- quisqueyanas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quisqueyano?
- /kiskeˈʝano/
- [kis.keˈʝa.no]
- [kiskeˈʝano]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quisqueyano in Spanish?
quisqueyano appears about once in every 59 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).