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haitian

adj.
B1 Intermediate US //ˈheɪʃən// haitian

adj. relating to the country of Haiti, its people, or its culture.

adj. relating to the Republic of Haiti, its inhabitants, or their culture and language. Often used attributively to modify nouns.


SIMPLE

I love eating traditional Haitian food.

CONTEXTUAL

The museum is hosting an exhibition of Haitian art to celebrate the country's rich history.

COMPLEX

The scholar spent years documenting Haitian oral traditions, focusing on how folk stories preserved the community's collective memory through generations of social change.

Origin

From Haiti + -an.

Usage

Typically placed before the noun it modifies. When referring to the people or the language, it is always capitalized.

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