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Garifuna

Garifuna noun: an individual member of the Garinagu people.

Noun

Garifuna (plural Garifunas or Garinagu)

  1. An individual member of the Garinagu people.
    Synonyms:
    Black Carib

Proper noun

Garifuna

  1. The language of the Garinagu people.

Synonyms of Garifuna

  • Black Carib

Forms of Garifuna

pluralGarifunas
pluralGarinagu
alternative formGarífuna
alternative formGarifune

Origin of Garifuna

From Garifuna garifuna, from Kalinago karifuna, from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”).

Words formed from Garifuna

Questions about Garifuna

What does Garifuna mean?
Garifuna means an individual member of the Garinagu people.
What part of speech is Garifuna?
Garifuna can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Garifuna?
The plural of Garifuna is Garifunas.

Words near Garifuna in the dictionary

  1. Garica
  2. Garicas
  3. Gariepy
  4. Gariepys
  5. garification
  6. Garifuna
  7. Garifuna Settlement Day
  8. Garifunas
  9. Garifune
  10. garigue
  11. garigues

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Garifuna (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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