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