Garifuna

One entry found for Garifuna.

Main Entry: Ga·ri·fu·na
Pronunciation: "gä-rE-'fü-n&
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 kari<glottalstop>na Carib, person
: 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