Caribaeum

Latin

Etymology

Possibly a substantivization of Caribaeus. Compare Spanish Caribe. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Caribaeum n sg (genitive Caribaeī); second declension

  1. The Caribbean (a continental region centered on the Caribbean Sea, consisting of those countries located in the sea and in bordering areas of South America and Central America).

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

singular
nominative Caribaeum
genitive Caribaeī
dative Caribaeō
accusative Caribaeum
ablative Caribaeō
vocative Caribaeum

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