Garifuna
noun
Ga·ri·fu·na ˌgär-ē-ˈfü-nə 
plural Garifuna or Garifunas
: a member of a people of African and American Indian descent that live mainly along the Caribbean coast of northern Central America
called also Black Carib
also : the Arawakan language containing many Cariban elements spoken by the Garifunas
Word History
Etymology
Garifuna garífuna, a self-designation; akin to Taino caribe, caribi Carib, Island Carib (Arawakan language of the Lesser Antilles) Callípona, a self-designation, Guianan Carib kariʔna Carib, person
First Known Use
1901, in the meaning defined above