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What is the spanish word for Haiti?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

There is no Spanish word for Haiti, it's Haiti. There is only the the Native Indian word Ayiti which means: land of high mountains. This is also how it is spelled in creole.

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