How do Trinidadians say Caribbean?

How should 'Caribbean' be pronounced? - Quora. Caribbean native here. The most common pronunciation among natives is KAH-rih-bee-uhn (with the main emphasis on the first syllable). The pronunciation is based on the root word, 'Carib' (pronounced KAH-rib).



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The largest Caribbean islands are Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico, known as the Greater Antilles. Trinidad, the larger island of Trinidad and Tobago, is situated just north of the Venezuelan coast.

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Along with a number of colonies in North America, the Caribbean formed the heart of England's first overseas empire. The region was also known as the 'West Indies' because when the explorer Christopher Columbus first arrived there in 1492, he believed that he had sailed to the 'Indies', as Asia was then known.

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People from the Caribbean tend to identify with their homeland first—calling themselves Jamaican or Puerto Rican, for example. The word Caribbean is similar to the designation European, in that it refers to a region but not a person's specific race or ethnicity.

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