Afro-Caribbean

noun

Af·ro-Ca·rib·be·an ˌa-frō-ˌker-ə-ˈbē-ən How to pronounce Afro-Caribbean (audio)

-ˌka-rə-,

-kə-ˈri-bē-ən

plural Afro-Caribbeans

: a person of African descent born or living in a Caribbean nation

In Louisiana, the Acadians reestablished their culture and absorbed other ethnic groups around them—French Creoles, Germans, Americans, and Afro-Caribbeans—to form a society called Cajun, which, of course, is a corruption of Acadian.

Hugh Merrill, The Blues Route, 1990

Afro-Caribbean adjective

A type of a square dance that originated in France, the quadrille was adopted with relish by 18th-century Afro-Caribbean islanders, who gave it their own twist.

Islands, November 1999

Word History

Etymology

afro- + caribbean

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

单词	Afro-Caribbean
释义	Afro-Caribbean noun Af·ro-Ca·rib·be·an ˌa-frō-ˌker-ə-ˈbē-ən -ˌka-rə-, -kə-ˈri-bē-ən plural Afro-Caribbeans : a person of African descent born or living in a Caribbean nation In Louisiana, the Acadians reestablished their culture and absorbed other ethnic groups around them—French Creoles, Germans, Americans, and Afro-Caribbeans—to form a society called Cajun, which, of course, is a corruption of Acadian. Hugh Merrill, The Blues Route, 1990 Afro-Caribbean adjective A type of a square dance that originated in France, the quadrille was adopted with relish by 18th-century Afro-Caribbean islanders, who gave it their own twist. Islands, November 1999 Word History Etymology afro- + caribbean First Known Use 1959, in the meaning defined above
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