OAS, Organization of American States - an association of countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation

country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"

Caribbean - region including the Caribbean islands

Hayti, Hispaniola, Haiti - an island in the West Indies

Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince - the capital and largest city of Haiti

Haitian - a native or inhabitant of Haiti

Greater Antilles - a group of islands in the western West Indies

Haiti, Republic of Haiti - a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the Western Hemisphere

Dominican Republic - a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola

island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water