evidence: The Commonwealth of Dominica, commonly known as Dominica, is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea. It is distinct and separate from the Dominican Republic, another Caribbean nation. Its name (pronounced dom-in-EE-cuh) in Latin means "Sunday," which was the day on which it was discovered by Christopher Columbus. [...] The Commonwealth of Dominica is engaged in a long-running dispute with Venezuela over the latter's territorial claims to the sea surrounding Isla Aves (Bird Island), a tiny islet located 70 miles (110 km) west of the island of Dominica. [...] Dominica is the only Caribbean state to challenge Venezuela's sovereignty claim over Aves Island and joins the other island nations in challenging whether the feature sustains human habitation, a criterion under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which permits Venezuela to extend its Exclusive Economic Zone and continental shelf claims over a large portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea.