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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An indigenous people native to the north coast of South America (in parts of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana), the mainland Caribs or Caribs proper. plural, plural-only

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The Cariban language traditionally spoken by these people.

Synonyms

All synonyms

caribgalibigalibigalibi carib

Etymology

Borrowed from Kari'na karìna, from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.