Dominica, or Dominique (26), the largest and most southerly of the Leeward Islands, and belongs to Britain; one-half of the island is forest, and parts of it have never been explored; was discovered by Columbus on Sunday, November 3, 1493, whence its name.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Dominic de Guzman, St. * Dominical Letter