Caraibi

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

Caribbean Islands

𐐗𐐯𐑉𐐲𐐺𐐨𐐲𐑌

saltwort

Caribbean Sea

Caribbean Island

West Indies

Synonyms

Mar dei Caraibi

Mare Caraibico

isole caraibiche

Indie Occidentali

Mar Caraibico

Translations

Karibik

Caribe

Caraïbes

الكاريبي

Carib

Caribe

Caraíbas

Karayipler

Caraïben

Caribisch gebied

Καραϊβική

Caraíbas

περιοχή της Καραϊβικής

Westindische Inseln

Hyphenated as

Ca‧rài‧bi, (traditional) Ca‧ra‧ì‧bi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈraj.bi/

Etymology

From Spanish Caribe, 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”).
The word came through French Caraïbes (/kaʁaˈib/) and English Caribe (/kæɹˈaɪbiː/).