“Carib” may refer to:

People and languages

Kalina people The Kalina, also known as the Caribs or mainland Caribs and by several other names, are an indigenous people native to the northern coastal areas of South America. Today, the Kalina live largely in villages on the rivers and coasts of Venezuela, ...

, or Caribs, an indigenous people of South America ** Carib language, also known as Kalina, the language of the South American Caribs *

Kalinago The Kalinago, also known as the Island Caribs or simply Caribs, are an indigenous people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. They may have been related to the Mainland Caribs (Kalina) of South America, but they spoke an unrelated langua ...

people, or Island Caribs, an indigenous people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean **

Island Carib language The Kalinago language, also known as Igneri (Iñeri, Inyeri, etc.), was an Arawakan language historically spoken by the Kalinago of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. Kalinago proper became extinct by about 1920 due to population decline and c ...

, or simply Carib, the language of the Island Caribs * Cariban languages, the wider family of languages that includes Carib (but not Island Carib) *

Black Carib The Garifuna people ( or ; pl. Garínagu in Garifuna) are a people of mixed free African and indigenous American ancestry that originated in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language, and Vincentian Creo ...

, indigenous people from the island of Saint Vincent, descended from Island Caribs and black slaves *

Garifuna people The Garifuna people ( or ; pl. Garínagu in Garifuna) are a people of mixed free African and indigenous American ancestry that originated in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language, and Vincentian ...

, Central American people descended from Saint Vincent's Black Caribs

Birds

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Eulampis The caribs are a genus, ''Eulampis'', of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. The genus contains two species, both of which are endemic to the islands of the Caribbean. The genus name comes from the Ancient Greek word ''eulampēs'' meaning 'b ...

'', a genus of hummingbird with the following species: **

Green-throated carib The green-throated carib (''Eulampis holosericeus'') is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae. It is found in Puerto Rico and most of the Lesser Antilles.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World ...

Purple-throated carib The purple-throated carib (''Eulampis jugularis'') is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae. It is resident on most of the islands of the Lesser Antilles and has occurred as a vagrant both further north and south.HBW and BirdLif ...

Carib grackle The Carib grackle (''Quiscalus lugubris'') is a New World tropical blackbird, a resident breeder in the Lesser Antilles and northern South America east of the Andes, from Colombia east to Venezuela and northeastern Brazil. There are eight subsp ...

, a New World tropical blackbird

Other uses

* Carib Aviation, a former airline based in Antigua and Barbuda *

Carib Brewery The Carib Brewery is headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago. It produces ''Carib'' and ''Stag'' beers and a range of Shandy ''Carib'' products ('' Ginger Shandy'', ''Lime Shandy'' and ''Sorrel Shandy''). The main brewery is located in Champs Fleu ...

, a brewery headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago *

Carib Territory The Kalinago Territory, previously known as the Carib Reserve or Carib Territory, is a district in the Caribbean island-nation of Dominica. It was established for the indigenous Kalinago people who inhabited the region prior to European coloniz ...

, a district in the Caribbean island-nation of Dominica *

Caribes de Anzoátegui The Caribes de Anzoátegui ( en, Anzoátegui Caribs) is a baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League based in Puerto la Cruz, Anzoátegui. Franchise history In January 1987, a local businessmen group based in Puerto la Cruz, ...

, a professional baseball team from Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela *, several United States Navy vessels

People and languages

Birds

Other uses

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