Caribbean Americans

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Caribbean Americans are U.S. residents and citizens with ancestral roots in the Caribbean region, encompassing diverse national, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds from islands and coastal nations across the Caribbean Sea.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (108)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community
ethnic group in the United States
citizenshipStatus may be U.S. citizens by birth
may be lawful permanent residents
may be naturalized U.S. citizens
continentOfResidence North America
country United States
culturalInfluence American cuisine
American literature
American music
American politics
American religious life
American sports
culturalTradition Caribbean food festivals
Caribbean music festivals
Carnival celebrations
ethnicComposition African descent
East Asian descent
European descent
Indigenous Caribbean peoples
Middle Eastern descent
South Asian descent
mixed race
hasAncestralOrigin Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Cuba
Curaçao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
French Guiana
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guyana
linked to: British Guiana

Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Puerto Rico
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Croix
Saint John (U.S. Virgin Islands)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
linked to: Sint Maarten

Saint Thomas
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Tobago
Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago
hasAncestralOriginRegion Caribbean
Caribbean Sea basin
West Indies
language Dutch
English
French
Haitian Creole
Papiamento
Spanish
various English-based creoles
various French-based creoles
various Spanish-based creoles
majorSettlement Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Fort Lauderdale
Los Angeles
Miami metropolitan area
New York City
Orlando
Philadelphia
Tampa
linked to: Tampa, Florida

Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
migrationPattern earlier 19th- and early 20th-century migration to the United States
post-World War II migration to the United States
musicGenre bachata
calypso
dancehall
kompa
merengue
reggae
salsa
soca
recognizedSubgroupOf American population
relatedGroup African Americans
linked to: Black Americans

Afro-Caribbean people
Black Americans
Hispanic and Latino Americans
Latino Americans
West Indian Americans
linked to: Caribbean Americans
religion Anglicanism
Baptist
linked to: Baptists

Christianity
Eastern Orthodoxy
Hinduism
Islam
Jehovah's Witnesses
linked to: JehovahsWitnesses

Judaism
Methodist
Pentecostalism
Protestantism
Rastafari
linked to: Rastafari movement

Roman Catholicism
Santería
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Vodou
linked to: Haitian Vodou

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Referenced by (14)

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

Haitian Americans relatedGroup Caribbean Americans
Paterson, New Jersey ethnicCommunity Dominican Americans
linked to: Caribbean Americans
Hispanic and Latino Americans majorSubgroup Dominican Americans
linked to: Caribbean Americans
Bedford–Stuyvesant ethnicCommunity Caribbean Americans
Flatbush historicalEthnicCommunity West Indian Americans
linked to: Caribbean Americans
Flatbush historicalEthnicCommunity Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans
linked to: Caribbean Americans
Washington Heights ethnicMajority Dominican American community
linked to: Caribbean Americans
Caribbean Americans relatedGroup West Indian Americans
linked to: Caribbean Americans
Caribbean Canadians relatedGroup Caribbean Americans
Central American Americans relatedGroup Caribbean Americans
subject linked to: Central American American
Crown Heights hasEthnicCommunity West Indian community
linked to: Caribbean Americans
Jamaican Americans partOf Caribbean American community
linked to: Caribbean Americans
Garifuna dance associatedCountry United States Garifuna diaspora
linked to: Caribbean Americans