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# haitian

«haitian» in Mova's school dictionary: **from or to do with Haiti, a country in the Caribbean on…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (Haitian); noun (a Haitian, Haitians)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Haitian means from or to do with Haiti, a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haitian/#m1)

2) A Haitian is a person from Haiti. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haitian/#m2)

3) Haitian Creole is the language most people speak in Haiti, together with French. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haitian/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons about the Caribbean; in history, Haiti was the first country founded after enslaved people freed themselves; in news, earthquakes and aid; phrases: Haitian Creole, Haitian food, Haitian people.

### examples

- My friend's family is Haitian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haitian/#x1)
- Haitian Creole comes partly from French. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haitian/#x2)
- Haitian art is colourful and bright. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haitian/#x3)
- The Haitian Revolution ended slavery there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haitian/#x4)
- Many Haitians live in Canada and the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haitian/#x5)

### note

Always a capital H. Say it «HAY-shun». Haiti shares its island with the Dominican Republic. Do not mix up with Tahitian (from Tahiti).

### In the corpora

- [The Haitian Revolution from 1791 overthrew slavery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, and Haiti became independent in 1804.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «haitian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haitian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.