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Garifuna

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Main Entry: Ga·ri·fu·na
Pronunciation: \ˌgä-rē-ˈfü-nə\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural Garifuna or Ga·ri·fu·nas
Etymology: Garifuna garífuna, a self-designation; akin to Taino caribe, caribi Carib, Island Carib (Arawakan language of the Lesser Antilles) Callípona, a self-designation, Guianan Carib kariʔna Carib, person
Date: 1977

: a member of a people of African and American Indian descent that live mainly along the Caribbean coast of northern Central America —called also Black Carib; also : the Arawakan language containing many Cariban elements spoken by the Garifunas


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