SINCE 1828
Garifuna
noun
Ga·ri·fu·na
| \ ˌgär-ē-ˈfü-nə
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plural Garifuna
or Garifunas
Definition of Garifuna
: 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 GarifunasKeep scrolling for more
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