Definition of Caribs. Meaning of Caribs. Synonyms of Caribs

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Definition of Caribs

Carib
Carib Car"ib, n.; pl. Caries. [See Cannibal.] (Ethol.) A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands.

Meaning of Caribs from wikipedia

- Island Caribs or simply Caribs, are an Indigenous people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. They may have been related to the Mainland Caribs (Kalina)...
- historically known by the exonyms Caribs, Black Caribs, and Island Caribs. European explorers began to use the term Black Caribs in the 17th century. In the...
- Caribs Kalinago people, or Island Caribs, an Indigenous people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Kalinago language, also known as Island Carib,...
- As such the Kalinago were also known as Caribs or Island Caribs, and it was long ****umed that they spoke Carib or a related Cariban language. However,...
- The Carib Brewery Limited is headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago. It produces Carib and Stag beers and a range of shandy products. The main brewery is...
- OCLC 8765752. Sweeney, James L. (2007). "Caribs, Maroons, Jacobins, Brigands, and Sugar Barons: The Last Stand of the Black Caribs on St. Vincent", African Diaspora...
- to ethnic Caribs (Kalinago). The Spanish were the first Europeans to colonise the island of Trinidad, which was already home to the Carib and other indigenous...
- in St. Vincent, intermarried with the Caribs and became known as "black Caribs". Now those of mixed African-Carib ancestry are known as Garifuna. The first...
- islands, while the Caribs were invaders originating in South America (home to the mainland Caribs or Kalina). By these accounts, the Caribs conquered and displaced...
- the Island Carib po****tion in St. Vincent was greater than that in Dominica. Both the Island Caribs (Yellow Caribs) and the Black Caribs (Garifuna) fought...