Carib

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The Carib are an indigenous people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean, historically known as seafaring warriors whose name helped inspire the term "Caribbean."

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Cariban 13
Carib canonical 8
Carib of the Lesser Antilles 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian people
ethnic group
indigenous people
associatedWith Island Caribs
linked to: Carib

Kalinago
colonialLabel Caribs
linked to: Carib peoples
continent North America
culturalArea Lesser Antilles
encounteredBy Christopher Columbus
English colonizers
French colonizers
Spanish colonizers
ethnicGroupOf Lesser Antilles
etymologyOf Caribbean
historicalReputation fierce fighters
warrior people
impactOfColonialism cultural disruption
population decline
territorial displacement
influencedToponym Caribbean Sea
Caribbean region
linked to: Caribbean
knownFor raiding
seafaring
warfare
languageFamily Cariban languages
linked to: Carib languages
nativeTo Caribbean Sea
Lesser Antilles
navigationalSkill open-sea voyaging
presentIn Dominica
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Martinique
St. Lucia
linked to: Saint Lucia

St. Vincent
region Caribbean
religion traditional animist beliefs
selfDesignation Kalinago
socialOrganization village communities
warrior bands
traditionalSubsistence fishing
horticulture
hunting
traditionalWeapon bows and arrows
clubs
spears
watercraft canoes

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indigenous peoples of the Americas includesEthnicGroup Carib
Friday's father ethnicity Carib
Berbice indigenousPeoples Carib
Pemon language languageFamily Cariban
linked to: Carib
Hixkaryana language family Cariban
linked to: Carib
Hixkaryana language languageFamily Cariban
linked to: Carib
Kuikuro language languageFamily Cariban
linked to: Carib
Kalinago language alternativeName Carib of the Lesser Antilles
linked to: Carib
Bakairi language languageFamily Cariban
linked to: Carib
Makushi language languageFamily Cariban
linked to: Carib
Wayana language geneticClassification Cariban
linked to: Carib
Tiriyó language family Cariban
linked to: Carib
Apalaí language languageBranch Cariban
linked to: Carib
Apalaí language hasPhylum Cariban
linked to: Carib
Yukpa language family Cariban
linked to: Carib
Akawaio language languageFamily Cariban
linked to: Carib
Patamona language family Cariban
linked to: Carib
Carib associatedWith Island Caribs
linked to: Carib
Kare hasAlternativeName Carib
Alfonso Arau notableWork Caribe
subject linked to: Arau
linked to: Carib