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