Caribbean
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Carib or Caribe, a people who lived in the West Indies, + -an.
Audio (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger); [ˌkæɹɪˈbiːən]: | (file) |
Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger); [ˌkɛɹɪˈbiːən]: | (file) |
Audio (US); [kəˈɹɪbiən]: | (file) |
In British English, the pronunciation with penultimate stress is used almost exclusively; in American English, the two pronunciations are about equally common.
Caribbean (not comparable)
The Bahamas are politically included as part of the Caribbean, but are geographically located outside the Caribbean Sea.
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Caribbean (plural Caribbeans)
the Caribbean
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