Title: Caribbean - Wikipedia
Headings: Caribbean
Caribbean
Caribbean
Contents
Etymology and pronunciation
Definition
Countries and territories
History
Foreign interventions by the United States
Foreign interventions by Cuba
Main article: Foreign interventions by Cuba
Geography and geology
Island groups
Lucayan Archipelago
Greater Antilles
Lesser Antilles
Historical groupings
Continental countries with Caribbean coastlines and islands
Climate
Dominican Republic: Latitude 18°N
Aruba: Latitude 12°N
Puerto Rico: Latitude 18°N
Cuba: at Latitude 22°N
Climate change
Biodiversity
Plants and animals
Demographics
Indigenous peoples
Language
Religion
See also: Religion in the Caribbean
Politics
Regionalism
United States-EU trade dispute
Caribbean Financial Action Task Force and Association of Caribbean States
Chinese relations
Bolivarian Alliance
Regional institutions
Cuisine
Favourite or national dishes
See also
Geography:
Notes
References
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

Content: Contents
1
Etymology and pronunciation
2
Definition
3
Countries and territories
4
History
4.1
Foreign interventions by the United States
4.2
Foreign interventions by Cuba
5
Geography and geology
5.1
Island groups
5.2
Historical groupings
5.3
Continental countries with Caribbean coastlines and islands
6
Climate
6.1
Climate change
7
Biodiversity
7.1
Plants and animals
8
Demographics
8.1
Indigenous peoples
8.2
Language
8.3
Religion
9
Politics
9.1
Regionalism
9.1.1
United States-EU trade dispute
9.1.2
Caribbean Financial Action Task Force and Association of Caribbean States
9.1.3
Chinese relations
9.1.4
Bolivarian Alliance
10
Regional institutions
11
Cuisine
11.1
Favourite or national dishes
12
See also
13
Notes
14
References
15
Bibliography
16
Further reading
17
External links
Etymology and pronunciation
The region takes its name from that of the Caribs, an ethnic group present in the Lesser Antilles and parts of adjacent South America at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. The term was popularized by British cartographer Thomas Jefferys who used it in his The West-India Atlas (1773). The two most prevalent pronunciations of "Caribbean" outside the Caribbean are / ˌkærɪˈbiːən / ( KARR-ə-BEE-ən ), with the primary stress on the third syllable, and / kəˈrɪbiən / ( kə-RIB-ee-ən ), with the stress on the second. Most authorities of the last century preferred the stress on the third syllable. This is the older of the two pronunciations, but the stressed-second-syllable variant has been established for over 75 years. It has been suggested that speakers of British English prefer / ˌkærɪˈbiːən / ( KARR-ə-BEE-ən) while North American speakers more typically use / kəˈrɪbiən / ( kə-RIB-ee-ən ), but major American dictionaries and other sources list the stress on the third syllable as more common in American English too. According to the American version of Oxford Online Dictionaries, the stress on the second syllable is becoming more common in UK English and is increasingly considered "by some" to be more up to date and more "correct". The Oxford Online Dictionaries claim that the stress on the second syllable is the most common pronunciation in the Caribbean itself, but according to the Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, the most common pronunciation in Caribbean English stresses the first syllable instead, / ˈkærɪbiæn / ( KARR-ih-bee-an ). The word Caribbean consistently ranks as one of the most misspelled words in the English language. Definition
Map of the Caribbean
The word "Caribbean" has multiple uses.