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Haitian

[ hey-shuhn, -tee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Haiti or its people.


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Haiti.

Haitian

/ ˈheɪʃɪən; hɑːˈiːʃən /

adjective

  1. relating to or characteristic of Haiti, its inhabitants, or their language
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Haiti
  2. the creolized French spoken in Haiti
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ·پ-Ჹ·پ adjective noun
  • -Ჹ·پ adjective noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Haitian1

First recorded in 1795–1805; Haiti + -an
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Example Sentences

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Shortly thereafter, he was released into Reynosa, Mexico, along with a Haitian man and a Nicaraguan family.

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The Dominican Republic says it has arrested more than 130 Haitian women and children on the first day of a crackdown of undocumented migrants in Santo Domingo's hospitals.

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Macron said the panel of French and Haitian historians would make recommendations to help build a more "peaceful future".

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Haitian police announced in April 2024 that they had seized the two boxes.

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According to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences, two French citizens, a Haitian, and an Italian national were among those killed.

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HaitiHaitian Creole