Caribe

From Spanish Caribe.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ibi, (Portugal) -ibɨ
• Hyphenation: Ca‧ri‧be

Caribe m

1. Caribbean Sea (a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, between North and South America)

   Synonym: Mar do Caribe

2. 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)

• Caraíbas (Portugal)

• caribenho

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”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾibe/ [kaˈɾi.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -ibe
• Syllabification: Ca‧ri‧be

Caribe m

1. 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)

• Latin: Caribaeus

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN