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Caribe

/kaˈɾibe/

proper noun/kaˈɾibe/

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)

Related: flamenco del 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”).