Caraibi

Italian

Etymology

From Spanish Caribe, from a Taíno or Kalinago term corresponding to karifuna (“Kalinago person”) in modern Kalinago, a borrowing from a Cariban language, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Compare Kari'na karìna (“Carib person”).

The word came through French Caraïbes (/kaʁaˈib/) and English Caribe (/kæɹˈaɪbiː/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈraj.bi/, (traditional) /ka.raˈi.bi/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ajbi, (traditional) -ibi
  • Hyphenation: Ca‧rài‧bi, (traditional) Ca‧ra‧ì‧bi

Proper noun

Caraibi m pl (plural only)

  1. Caribbean (a continental region centered on the Caribbean Sea, consisting of those countries located in the sea and in bordering areas of South America and Central America)

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References

  1. ^ Caraibi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^
    (Can we date this quote?), “Caribi”, in Treccani‎[1]:
    Nome regionale di uso corrente per indicare l’America Centrale insulare, ma spesso esteso all’America Centrale istmica e alla parte settentrionale del Sudamerica.
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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