English Explanatory Dictionary

Galibi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of Kari'na (“An indigenous people native to the north coast of South America”).
name
  1. Synonym of Kari'na (“language”).
  2. A settlement in Suriname chiefly inhabited by the Kari'na people.

Word forms

Galibi

Etymology

Borrowed from French Galibi, ultimately from Spanish Caribe via an indigenous intermediate, possibly Karipúna Creole French or another creole. Doublet of Carib; further related to cannibal, caribe, Carijona, Garifuna, and Kari'na.

Synonyms

Kari'na
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