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[ kar-uh-bee-uhn, kuh-rib-ee- ] / ˌkær əˈbi ən, kəˈrɪb i- /
adjectivepertaining to the Caribs, the Lesser Antilles, or the Caribbean Sea and its islands. nouna Carib. Caribbean Sea. the, Informal. the islands and countries of the Caribbean Sea collectively. OTHER WORDS FROM Caribbeanin·ter-Car·ib·be·an, adjectiveWords nearby CaribbeanCaria, cariama, Carian, Carías Andino, Carib, Caribbean, Caribbean Current, Caribbean Plate, Caribbean Sea, Caribbean Spanish, Caribbee bark Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for CaribbeanWhen we had that meeting in the Caribbean, Jeffrey was holding his own and not only was he a pleasant host, he was pleasant guy. Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen Hawking|M.L. Nestel|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST In a bizarre matchup, the Pirates of the Caribbean actor came for the 20-year-old singer this past July in Ibiza. The Bloom-Bieber Brawl We Didn’t Know We Needed|Kevin O’Keeffe|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST And now Reggaeton is king in Cuba as it is in most of the Caribbean. Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar|Daniel Levin|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST They have pushed into just about every other corner of the Caribbean and Central America where airports exist. Goodbye, Bahamas. Hello, Havana!|Clive Irving|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The founder of Pan Am, Juan Trippe, knew how business was done in the Caribbean. Goodbye, Bahamas. Hello, Havana!|Clive Irving|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST It then forms the divide between the Cauca and Atrato valleys, and terminates near the Caribbean coast. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6|Various A tiny bit of land about one hundred miles west of Dominica in the middle of the Caribbean. The Radio Detectives in the Jungle|A. Hyatt Verrill "I'll just think back a few lines and remember this little Caribbean slip-up," he laughed. Pirates' Hope|Francis Lynde River navigation could not have been more quiet than were these nights on the blue Caribbean Sea. Due South or Cuba Past and Present|Maturin M. Ballou At this time the enemy held the route to the Caribbean, and Walker's first orders were to dislodge him. Real Soldiers of Fortune|Richard Harding Davis
British Dictionary definitions for Caribbean/ (ˌkærɪˈbiːən, US kəˈrɪbɪən) /
adjectiveof, or relating to, the Caribbean Sea and its islands of, or relating to, the Carib or any of their languages nounthe Caribbean the states and islands of the Caribbean Sea, including the West Indies, when considered as a geopolitical region short for the Caribbean Sea a member of any of the peoples inhabiting the islands of the Caribbean Sea, such as a West Indian or a Carib Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |