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carib |
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carib wood |
caribbean
| caribbean island
| caribbean language
| caribbean sea
| caribbee
| caribe
caribbean
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun caribbean has 2 senses
- caribbean(n = noun.object) caribbean sea - an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America; the origin of the Gulf stream; Array has parts: caribbean island
- caribbean(n = noun.location) Array - region including the Caribbean Islands; Array is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
is a kind of sea
has parts: antigua and barbuda, the indies, west indies, cuba, republic of cuba, haiti, republic of haiti, dominican republic, commonwealth of puerto rico, porto rico, pr, puerto rico, jamaica, barbados, republic of trinidad and tobago, trinidad and tobago, commonwealth of dominica, dominica, bahama islands, bahamas, commonwealth of the bahamas, federation of saint kitts and nevis, saint christopher-nevis, saint kitts and nevis, st. christopher-nevis, st. kitts and nevis, saint lucia, st. lucia, saint vincent and the grenadines, st. vincent and the grenadines
CIDE DICTIONARY
caribbean, a.
Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean sea) lying between those islands and Central America. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
caribbean, n. & adj.
--n. the part of the Atlantic between the southern W. Indies and Central America.
--adj.
1 of or relating to this region.
2 of the Caribs or their language or culture.
--n. the part of the Atlantic between the southern W. Indies and Central America.
--adj.
1 of or relating to this region.
2 of the Caribs or their language or culture.
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