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proper noun
- The Caribbean Sea
- The country, countries that occupy the region of the western Atlantic bounded by South America, Central America, and the islands of the West Indies (such as Cuba and Hispaniola)
adjective
- Pertaining to the sea and region of the western Atlantic bounded by South America, Central America, and the islands of the West Indies (such as Cuba and Hispaniola).
Etymology: From Carib or Caribe, a tribe of Indians, now nearly extinct, who lived in the West Indies, + the adjective suffix -an.
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