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🏝️ A Caribbean native 🗣️ A language group 🧑🏽‍🌾 An indigenous person
Carib

Carib

8.7
A person from a native group that originally lived in northeast South America and the Lesser Antilles
  • noun
  • /ˈkærɪb/
translation icon : caribe
  • The Carib were some of the first indigenous peoples encountered by European explorers in the Americas.

Examples

  • Many Carib people continue to live in the Caribbean, maintaining their historical customs.

  • The Carib are known for their rich cultural heritage and traditional practices.

  • He's carried women, all the Caribs who make a kid with the black outside, the kid is black.

Synonyms

Carib Indian
vsCarib
  • Archaic
8.1

A person from a native group in northeastern South America and nearby islands

means the same but stresses original historical residence

Compounds

Carib Indian
  • Archaic
8.1

A person from a native group in northeastern South America and nearby islands

carib wood
  • UK
9.9

A small tree from Dominica that makes many large red flowers before its leaves grow

Surface Forms

Carib singular
Caribs plural

Etymology

Carib comes from the name used by Europeans, taken from Spanish Caribe and probably from an indigenous word meaning 'people'. So a Carib is a member of that native group from parts of South America and the Caribbean.