Caribbean

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Caribbean \Car`ib*be"an\, Caribbee \Car`ib*bee\, a.
     Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern
     and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the
     Caribbean sea) lying between those islands and Central
     America.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Caribbean
       n 1: an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South
            America; the origin of the Gulf stream [syn: {Caribbean
            Sea}]
       2: region including the Caribbean islands