Garifuna Definition
gärē-fo͝onə
garifuna
noun
A member of a people of Carib, Arawak, and African ancestry living along the Caribbean coast of Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Nicaragua. The Garifuna were deported to the area in the late 1700s after their defeat by the British on the island of St. Vincent, where shipwrecked and escaped African slaves had intermarried with the indigenous population beginning in the early 1600s.
American Heritage
The Arawakan language spoken by the Garifuna.
American Heritage
Origin of Garifuna
American Spanish Garífuna from Proto-Carib karipona Carib
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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