Caribbean city

Island nation capital

A Caribbean city is an urban center located in the Caribbean region—the islands and coastal areas surrounding the Caribbean Sea.

The phrase typically appears in crossword puzzles, travel writing, and geography contexts: Havana is the largest Caribbean city.

Common examples include San Juan, Kingston, Nassau, and Port-au-Prince.

Related

Port-au-Prince · tourism · Nassau · slavery · export · colonialism · San Juan · carnival · street food · steelpan · Rastafarianism · island life · plantations · sugar cane · Santo Domingo · calypso · Bridgetown · rum

Opposites
geographic climate zone

Caribbean cityReykjavik

Iceland's capital city

Murmansk · Tromsø · Fairbanks

continental vs. island location

Caribbean cityDenver

Colorado's capital city

Kansas City · Astana · Moscow · Delhi

cultural-geographic character

Caribbean cityZurich

Swiss financial center

Vienna · Prague · Stockholm · Helsinki

Family

Caribbean, city, cities, citified, urban, urbane, urbanity, urbanize, urbanization

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G