The Caribbean (locally pronounced KARR-ib-ee-an but commonly pronounced KARR-ib-EE-ən or kə-RIB-ee-ən everywhere else; Spanish: el Caribe; French: les Caraïbes; Dutch: de Caraïben), also known as the West Indies, is the oceanic part of North America that was once full of pirates, slaves, busty women, busty women pirates, and women slaves who may or may not have been busty. (You know, as that Disney ride shows.)
In the present day, the Caribbean nations are mostly poornote but have a strong tourism industry due to their tropical climate and close proximity to the United States and Canada.
The Caribbean is typically split into three groups of islands: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago.note Bermuda in Northern America, Belize in Central America and The Guianas in South America are sometimes also included in this region due to close cultural ties, with Belize, Guyana and Suriname even being part of CARICOM
, the intergovernmental political and economic union of the region, and it's secretariat being headquartered in Georgetown. In addition, the Spanish and French-speaking countries of the region overlap with Latin America. The Caribbean countries are distinct culturally for their prominence of West African and South Asian influence among the populace alongside indigenous Carib, American, British, Spanish, French, Dutch, and even Scandinavian influences.
Sovereign countries
Greater Antilles
Lesser Antilles
Windward Islands
Leeward Islands
Lucayan Archipelago
Dependencies
Greater Antilles
- Cayman Islands (administered by the United Kingdom)
- Puerto Rico (administered by the United States)
Lesser Antilles
Windward Islands
- Martinique (administered by France)
Leeward Islands
- Anguilla (administered by the United Kingdom)
- British Virgin Islands (administered by the United Kingdom)
- Guadeloupe (administered by France)
- Montserrat (administered by the United Kingdom)
- Saba (administered by the Netherlands)
- Saint Barthélemy (administered by France)
- Saint Martin (administered by France)
- Sint Eustatius (administered by the Netherlands)
- Sint Maarten (administered by the Netherlands)
- United States Virgin Islands (administered by the United States)
Leeward Antilles
- Aruba (administered by the Netherlands)
- Bonaire (administered by the Netherlands)
- Curaçao (administered by the Netherlands)
Lucayan Archipelago
- Turks and Caicos Islands (administered by the United Kingdom)
See also:
- "Angry Black Man" Stereotype
- Bay of Pigs Invasion
- The Bermuda Triangle
- Black and Nerdy
- Black Is Bigger in Bed
- Black Boss Lady
- Black Gal on White Guy Drama
- Borrowin' Samedi
- Chupacabra
- Chutney Music
- Clamshell Currency
- Developing Nations Lack Cities
- Dreadlock Rasta
- Dutch Language
- English Language
- French Language
- It's Cuban
- Magical Negro
- North American Numbering Plan
- Not-So-Safe Harbor
- Operation Urgent Fury
- Our Zombies Are Different
- Artificial Zombie
- Attractive Zombie
- Dead Weight
- Elite Zombie
- Episode of the Dead
- Everything's Deader with Zombies
- Flesh-Eating Zombie
- Friendly Zombie
- Incongruously-Dressed Zombie
- No Zombie Cannibals
- Not a Zombie
- Not Using the "Z" Word
- Plague Zombie
- Possessing a Dead Body
- Raising the Steaks
- Revenant Zombie
- Room Full of Zombies
- Technically-Living Zombie
- Voodoo Zombie
- Zombie Apocalypse
- Zombie Gait
- Zombie Infectee
- Zombie Puke Attack
- Zombie Stories
- Pirate
- Captain Colorbeard
- Cutlass Between the Teeth
- Dressed to Plunder
- Friendly Pirate
- Ghost Pirate
- Jolly Roger
- A Pirate 400 Years Too Late
- Pirate Booty
- Pirate Episode
- Pirate Girl
- Pirate Parrot
- Pirate Song
- Pirate Stories
- Pirates vs. Ninjas
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
- Salvage Pirates
- Seadog Beard
- Seadog Peg Leg
- Sky Pirate
- Space Pirates
- Submarine Pirates
- Sword and Gun
- Treasure Map
- Walk the Plank
- Rascally Raccoon
- Reggae
- Sassy Black Woman
- Scary Black Man
- Soul Brotha
- Spanish Language
- Steel Drums and Sunshine
- Sword Limbo
- Taíno Mythology
- Tropical Epilogue
- Tropical Island Adventure
- Where da White Women At?
- White Like Me
- Wooden Ships and Iron Men
- The Yardies
