Carib
Lesser Antilles native
Carib refers to the indigenous peoples of the Lesser Antilles and parts of South America, or their language family.
The Caribs were skilled seafarers who inhabited the Caribbean islands before European contact—the region takes its name from them.
As an adjective, Carib describes things relating to these peoples or their languages: Carib culture, Carib linguistic roots.
Originating in a region
- AmerindianIndigenous American person
- ArawakIndigenous Caribbean language group
- DominicaCaribbean island commonwealth
- St. VincentEastern Caribbean island nation
canoe · cassava · warriors · seafarers · resistance · colonization · encomienda · extinction
Caribbean island arc
- LeewardCaribbean island chain
- TrinidadCaribbean island near Venezuela
- GuyanaNorthern South American republic
- SurinameSouth American republic
Venezuela · Orinoco · Amazon · rainforest · archipelago · islands · tropics · sea
Formal event marking occasions
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
traditions · cosmology · spirituality · shamanism · pottery · weaving · tattooing · body-painting
Nativized pidgin tongue
- pidginImprovised contact language
- loanwordsAdopted foreign vocabulary
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
barbecue · hammock · maize · tobacco · extinct · endangered · documentation · oral
Domination through foreign settlement
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- SpanishLanguage of Iberia
- ColumbusOhio's seat of government
- explorersThose who venture unfamiliar lands
resistance · raids · warfare · enslavement · displacement · genocide · survival · assimilation
indigenous
Originating in a region
- AmerindianIndigenous American person
- ArawakIndigenous Caribbean language group
- DominicaCaribbean island commonwealth
St. Vincent · canoe · cassava · warriors · seafarers · resistance · colonization · encomienda · extinction · descendant
Antilles
Caribbean island arc
- LeewardCaribbean island chain
- TrinidadCaribbean island near Venezuela
- GuyanaNorthern South American republic
Suriname · Venezuela · Orinoco · Amazon · rainforest · archipelago · islands · tropics · sea · coast
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
artifacts · traditions · cosmology · spirituality · shamanism · pottery · weaving · tattooing · body-painting · folklore
creole
Nativized pidgin tongue
- pidginImprovised contact language
- loanwordsAdopted foreign vocabulary
- vocabularyOne's word collection
hurricane · barbecue · hammock · maize · tobacco · extinct · endangered · documentation · oral · linguistics
colonialism
Domination through foreign settlement
explorers · resistance · raids · warfare · enslavement · displacement · genocide · survival · assimilation · missionaries
- Caribbean SeaTropical Atlantic basin
- Caribbean cruiseShip vacation through tropical islands
- Caribbean retreatVacation in tropical waters
- Caribbean islandsTropical Atlantic island chain
- Caribbean cuisineTropical archipelago cooking traditions
- Pirates of the CaribbeanDisney's seafaring adventure franchise