What would be considered Caribbean?

The Caribbean is home to thirteen sovereign island nations: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago (on the continental shelf of South America).



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It's become commonplace to refer to people from the Caribbean/West Indies as Caribbeans, Caribbeaners, even Antillians, in addition to the historical label of West Indians. More recently Afro-Caribbean and African-Caribbean have been added to the lexicon, to describe those who are of African descent.

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Here are 18 of the most beautiful Caribbean islands.
  • 01 of 17. Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands. M Swiet Productions/Getty Images. ...
  • 02 of 17. St. Lucia. ...
  • 03 of 17. Grenada. NAPA74/Getty Images. ...
  • 04 of 17. Dominica. Derek Galon/Getty Images. ...
  • 05 of 17. St. Barts. ...
  • 06 of 17. Jamaica. ...
  • 07 of 17. Puerto Rico. ...
  • 08 of 17. Turks and Caicos.


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Costa Rica borders the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Costa Rica also borders Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south. The highest point in the country is Cerro Chirripó, at 3,819 metres (12,530 ft).

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The 10 Least Visited Caribbean Islands
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  • Saint Kitts & Nevis. ...
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  • Saba ???????????? Stay-Over Tourists: Year 2022: 4,900 / Year 2021: 4,100. ...
  • Montserrat ???? Stay-Over Tourists: Year 2022: 4,613 / Year 2021: 1,591.


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The safest Caribbean islands to visit
  • The Dominican Republic.
  • Anguilla.
  • St. Maarten/St. Martin.
  • St. Barts.
  • The Virgin Islands.
  • Antigua.
  • Turks & Caicos.
  • Cayman Islands.


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The safest Caribbean islands to visit
  • Barbados.
  • The Dominican Republic.
  • Anguilla.
  • St. Maarten/St. Martin.
  • St. Barts.
  • The Virgin Islands.
  • Antigua.
  • Turks & Caicos.


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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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