adjective
- pertaining to the Caribs, the Lesser Antilles, or the Caribbean Sea and its islands.
noun
- a Carib.
- Caribbean Sea.
- the, Informal. the islands and countries of the Caribbean Sea collectively.
adjective
- of, or relating to, the Caribbean Sea and its islands
- of, or relating to, the Carib or any of their languages
noun
- the Caribbean the states and islands of the Caribbean Sea, including the West Indies, when considered as a geopolitical region
- short for the Caribbean Sea
- a member of any of the peoples inhabiting the islands of the Caribbean Sea, such as a West Indian or a Carib
from Carib, indigenous people’s name for themselves, + -ean.