Meaning of Caribbean in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /kəˈrɪbiən/

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  1. Noun

    Caribbean

    Definitions

    1. an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America

    Examples

    • « the origin of the Gulf stream »
  2. 2. region including the Caribbean islands

Famous quotes

  • « I used my aviation contacts to open a travel agency. I used to book Caribbean flights. »
    Joseph Force Crater
  • « It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination. »
    Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • « Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean it comes with the landscape, and faced with its beauty, the sigh of History dissolves. »
    Derek Walcott
  • « I was writing an earnest novel about cruises in the Caribbean and I just started writing 'Bridget Jones' to get some money, to finance this earnest work, and then I chucked it out. »
    Helen Fielding
  • « Travel is very subjective. What one person loves, another loathes. I would say a private paradise in the Caribbean. If you want culture and class, I would say Tuscany. If you want exotic, I would say Bangkok, Thailand. »
    Robin Leach

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