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caribbean

adjective · noun

Simple meaning

Related to the sea and islands between America and South America

Pronunciation

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kɚˈɪbiən

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Definition

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adjective

  1. Pertaining to the sea and region of the western Atlantic bounded by South America, Central America, and the islands of the West Indies (such as Cuba and Hispaniola).

noun

  1. A continental region centered on the Caribbean Sea, consisting of those countries located in the sea and in bordering areas of South America and Central America.

  2. An arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America; the origin of the Gulf stream

  3. countable

    A member of the Amerindian tribes that inhabited the Caribbean region before the arrival of the Europeans

  4. Region including the Caribbean Islands

  5. countable

    A person native to the Caribbean region

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