Definition of Caribees

1. Noun. A group of islands in the southeastern West Indies.

Exact synonyms: Lesser Antilles
Group relationships: Antilles
Terms within: Netherlands Antilles, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Windward Isles, Barbados
Generic synonyms: Archipelago

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caribees

Carian
Carians
Carib
Carib Indian
Cariban
Caribbean
Caribbean Island
Caribbean Netherlands
Caribbean Sea
Caribbean language
Caribbean monk seal
Caribbeanist
Caribbeanists
Caribbee
Caribbees
Caribees
Carica candamarencis glycosylated cysteine proteinase
Carica papaya
Caricaceae
Carina
Carinthia
Carissa bispinosa
Carissa grandiflora
Carissa macrocarpa
Carl
Carl Anderson
Carl August Nielson
Carl Clinton Van Doren
Carl David Anderson
Carl Gauss

Literary usage of Caribees

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"The eastern coast is peopled by the Black caribees, a mixed race of Zambos descended from the ... caribees ..."

2. A Young Squire of the Seventeenth Century: From the Papers (A.D. 1676-1686 by Christopher Jeaffreson (1878)
"... Santa Cruz—Cromwell's Vengeance on Spain—Slaughter of the caribees and their Expulsion from St. Christopher's Island—The Bucaneers—Their Character and ..."

3. The Virgin Islands of the United States of America;: Historical and by Luther Kimbell Zabriskie (1918)
"CROIX Location and discovery—caribees and ... Several caribees were taken prisoners by the Spaniards and were carried to Spain. ..."

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