ABSTRACT
The Dominican society of today is the result of an intriguing evolutionary process in terms of both geography and history. At varying stages in this process, different descriptive names have been employed as points of reference. These names have evolved in direct correlation with the society’s insular or semi-insular circumstance. Today in some of the rural zones of the country, for example, the campesinos (people who traditionally live and work in the countryside) refer to the mountains as haitises.
