Trinidad

See also: trinidad

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish trinidad (trinity), named after the Holy Trinity by Columbus to fulfill a religious vow.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪnɪdæd/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Trinidad

  1. An island in the Caribbean, part of Trinidad and Tobago.
    • 2024 April 9, Steve Bennett, “This overlooked island has some of the Caribbean’s best beaches”, in CNN[1]:
      Down ‘D’ Islands, or DDI for short, makes it easy for visitors to island-hop around offshore parts of Trinidad that most Trinidadians don’t even know.
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. A home rule municipality, the county seat of Las Animas County, Colorado.
    2. A city in Humboldt County, California.
    3. A minor city in Henderson County, Texas.
    4. An unincorporated community and ghost town in Grant County, Washington.
    5. A neighbourhood in north-east Washington, D.C..
  3. A number of places in other countries:
    1. A city, the capital of Beni department, Bolivia.
    2. A town and municipality in Casanare department, Colombia.
    3. A town in Sancti Spíritus province, Cuba.
    4. A district in Itapúa department, Paraguay.
    5. A municipality in Bohol province, Philippines.
    6. A city, the capital of Flores department, Uruguay.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Estonian

Proper noun

Trinidad

  1. Trinidad

See also

Spanish

Etymology

From trinidad (trinity)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾiniˈdad/ [t̪ɾi.niˈð̞að̞]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ad
  • Syllabification: Tri‧ni‧dad

Proper noun

Trinidad f

  1. Trinidad (island)
  2. a female given name, referring to the Holy Trinity

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish trinidad, from Latin trinitās.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tɾiniˈdad/ [t̪ɾɪ.n̪ɪˈd̪ad̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -ad
  • Syllabification: Tri‧ni‧dad

Proper noun

Trinidád (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜒᜇᜇ᜔)

  1. Trinidad (an island of Trinidad and Tobago)
  2. alternative letter-case form of trinidad
  3. (Baguio) ellipsis of La Trinidad
  4. a municipality of Bohol, Philippines

Further reading

  • Trinidad”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018