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    Kreyòl headword

    Ayiti

    /a-yee-TEE/

    Noun
    In English
    Haiti
    Definition
    The Kreyòl name of Haiti, which in 1804 became the first nation founded by formerly enslaved people.
    Example
    Mwen fèt ann Ayiti. (I was born in Haiti.)
    Origin
    From the Taíno name for the island, usually translated as "land of mountains".

    Ayiti often comes up alongside Kreyòl. Look up both in the Haitian Creole dictionary, and use the Haitian Creole translator when you're ready to build a full sentence.