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Car•ib•be•an

Pronunciation: (kar"u-bē'un, ku-rib'ē-), [key]
—adj.
pertaining to the Caribs, the Lesser Antilles, or the Caribbean Sea and its islands.

—n.
1. a Carib.
2. See Caribbean Sea.
3. the, Informal.the islands and countries of the Caribbean Sea collectively.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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