Caribe
Meaning
Caribbean (islands)
Concepts
Caribbean
Carib
Caribbean Islands
Caribbean Sea
𐐗𐐯𐑉𐐲𐐺𐐨𐐲𐑌
West Indies
caribe
saltwort
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Ca‧ri‧be
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈɾibe/
Etymology
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”).
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