Barbadian

From this Caribbean island

Barbadian refers to anything from or relating to Barbados, an island nation in the eastern Caribbean.

As a noun, a Barbadian is a person from Barbados: My neighbor is Barbadian.

The informal term is Bajan, which reflects local pronunciation and is widely used by Barbadians themselves.

culture

calypso

Afro-Caribbean satirical music

  • socaTrinidadian dance music genre
  • landshipEarly armored ground vessel
  • rum shopCaribbean liquor establishment

Bridgetown · flying fish · fishcakes · macaroni pie · Rihanna · folk music · storytelling

geography

Bridgetown

Barbados's seat of government

coral · beaches · Bathsheba · parish · Saint Michael · reef · coastline · limestone

identity

nationality

Legal belonging to country

expatriate · emigrant · immigrant · naturalization · patriotism · allegiance · heritage · ancestry · pride · independence

language

dialect

Regional language variety

vernacular · twang · inflection · pronunciation · intonation · cadence · slang · idiom · phraseology · speech

cricket

West Indies

Caribbean island chain

fast bowling · century · innings · pitch · crease · fielder · stumps · overs · pace · spin

Opposites
Caribbean national identity

BarbadianJamaican

Of a Caribbean island

Trinidadian · Guyanese · Lucian · Grenadian · Antiguan

geographic/cultural distance

BarbadianBritish

Of the United Kingdom

African · American · Canadian · European

Family

Barbados

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G