Caraibi
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish Caribe, from a Taíno or Kalinago term corresponding to karifuna (“Kalinago person”) in modern Kalinago, a borrowing from a Cariban language, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Compare Kari'na karìna (“Carib person”).
The word came through French Caraïbes (/kaʁaˈib/) and English Caribe (/kæɹˈaɪbiː/).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kaˈraj.bi/, (traditional) /ka.raˈi.bi/[1]
- Rhymes: -ajbi, (traditional) -ibi
- Hyphenation: Ca‧rài‧bi, (traditional) Ca‧ra‧ì‧bi
Proper noun
[edit]Caraibi m pl (plural only)
- Caribbean (a continental region centered on the Caribbean Sea, consisting of those countries located in the sea and in bordering areas of South America and Central America)
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Caraibi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ^ (Can we date this quote?), “Caribi”, in Treccani[1]:
- Nome regionale di uso corrente per indicare l’America Centrale insulare, ma spesso esteso all’America Centrale istmica e alla parte settentrionale del Sudamerica.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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- Italian terms with quotations
- Italian terms derived from Spanish
- Italian terms derived from Taíno
- Italian terms derived from Kalinago
- Italian terms derived from Cariban languages
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Cariban
- Italian terms derived from French
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ajbi
- Rhymes:Italian/ajbi/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/ibi
- Rhymes:Italian/ibi/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian pluralia tantum
- it:Caribbean
- it:Continents and continental regions