Hispaniola
geographical name
His·pan·io·la ˌhi-spə-ˈnyō-lə 
variants or Spanish Española
ˌes-ˌpä-ˈnyō-lä
or formerly Haiti ˈhā-tē
or Santo Domingo ˌsan-tə-də-ˈmiŋ-(ˌ)gō
island of the Greater Antilles in the north central Caribbean Sea; divided between Haiti (on the west) and the Dominican Republic (on the east) area 29,371 square miles (76,071 square kilometers)