Caribe

Meaning

Caribbean (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)

Concepts

Caribbean

𐐗𐐯𐑉𐐲𐐺𐐨𐐲𐑌

Caribbean Islands

Caribbean Sea

Carib

saltwort

West Indies

caribe

Synonyms

Mar Caribe

Islas del Caribe

Islas del caribe

caribeño

área del Caribe

Translations

Caraïbes

Karibik

Caraibi

Caraíbas

Carib

الكاريبي

Caribe

Karayipler

Caraïbe

Caraíbas

Caribisch gebied

Καραϊβική

Caraïben

Cariben

Hyphenated as

Ca‧ri‧be

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈɾibe/

Etymology

Cognate with Island Carib: -

Cognate with Carib: karìna

In summary

From a Taíno or Kalinago term corresponding to karifuna (“Kalinago person”) in modern Kalinago, a borrowing from a Cariban language, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Compare Kari'na karìna (“Carib person”).

Sentences

Al Norte con el Mar Caribe .

To the North with the Caribbean Sea.

Fundó la Revista Caribe sobre literatura cubana y la editorial Persona .

He founded the Revista Caribe sobre literatura cubana and the publishing house Persona.