单词 | Carib |
释义 | Carib/ˈkarɪb![]() noun 1A member of an indigenous South American people living mainly in coastal regions of French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and Venezuela.Amerindian groups include the Caribs, the Arawaks, and the Warraus....
2 [mass noun] The language of the Caribs, the only member of the Cariban family of languages still spoken by a substantial number of people (around 20,000). Also called Galibi.Black Caribs are descendants of freed black slaves and Carib Indians, and speak a language related to Carib....
3 (also Island Carib) [mass noun] An unrelated Arawakan language, now extinct, formerly spoken in the Lesser Antilles. See also Black Carib. adjective 1Relating to the Caribs or their language.The last fluent speaker of the Carib language reportedly died in the 1920s, although efforts are now being made to revive that language....
1.1Relating to Island Carib or Black Carib.Carib is spoken along the Caribbean coast by the Garifunas, or Black Caribs, the descendants of fugitive slaves and Carib Indians....
OriginFrom Spanish caribe, from Haitian Creole. Compare with cannibal. |
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