Caribbean
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Caribbean /ˌkarɪˈbiːən, kəˈrɪbɪən/
▶adjective relating to the region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (including the West Indies), and the surrounding coasts.
usage: There are two possible pronunciations of the word Caribbean. The first, found in the US and the Caribbean itself, puts the stress on the -rib-, while the second, more familiar to most British people, puts the stress on the -be-.
'Caribbean' also found in these Oxford entries:
accra
- Afro-Caribbean
- allspice
- aloe vera
- angel wings
- arrowroot
- bananaquit
- beguine
- Belizean
- buccaneer
- cabbage palm
- cacique
- callaloo
- CARICOM
- coquina
- Creole
- cuatro
- curaçao
- dollar
- Dominican
- Dominican
- dumb cane
- elkhorn coral
- galliwasp
- Grenadian
- gris-gris
- guaiacum
- hurricane
- hutia
- J'Ouvert
- jump-up
- key
- lancewood
- logwood
- manchineel
- Maroon
- merengue
- Montserratian
- Native American
- Neotropical
- obeah
- Orisha
- pap
- passion fruit
- permit
- pirogue
- poui
- sabicu
- St Lucian
