Carib

E271578

The Carib are an indigenous people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean, historically known as seafaring warriors whose name helped inspire the term "Caribbean."

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Cariban 13
Carib canonical 8
Carib of the Lesser Antilles 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian people
ethnic group
indigenous people
associatedWith Carib self-linksurface differs
surface form: Island Caribs

Kalinago
colonialLabel Carib peoples
surface form: Caribs
continent North America
culturalArea Lesser Antilles
encounteredBy Christopher Columbus
English colonizers
French colonizers
Spanish colonizers
ethnicGroupOf Lesser Antilles
etymologyOf Caribbean
historicalReputation fierce fighters
warrior people
impactOfColonialism cultural disruption
population decline
territorial displacement
influencedToponym Caribbean Sea
Caribbean
surface form: Caribbean region
knownFor raiding
seafaring
warfare
languageFamily Carib languages
surface form: Cariban languages
nativeTo Caribbean Sea
Lesser Antilles
navigationalSkill open-sea voyaging
presentIn Dominica
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Saint Lucia
surface form: St. Lucia

St. Vincent
region Caribbean
religion traditional animist beliefs
selfDesignation Kalinago
socialOrganization village communities
warrior bands
traditionalSubsistence fishing
horticulture
hunting
traditionalWeapon bows and arrows
clubs
spears
watercraft canoes

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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

indigenous peoples of the Americas includesEthnicGroup Carib
subject surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Americas
Friday's father ethnicity Carib
Berbice indigenousPeoples Carib
Pemon language languageFamily Carib
this entity surface form: Cariban
Hixkaryana language family Carib
this entity surface form: Cariban
Hixkaryana language languageFamily Carib
this entity surface form: Cariban
Kuikuro language languageFamily Carib
this entity surface form: Cariban
Kalinago language alternativeName Carib
this entity surface form: Carib of the Lesser Antilles
Bakairi language languageFamily Carib
this entity surface form: Cariban
Makushi language languageFamily Carib
this entity surface form: Cariban
Wayana language geneticClassification Carib
this entity surface form: Cariban
Tiriyó language family Carib
this entity surface form: Cariban
Apalaí language languageBranch Carib
this entity surface form: Cariban
Apalaí language hasPhylum Carib
this entity surface form: Cariban
Yukpa language family Carib
this entity surface form: Cariban
Akawaio language languageFamily Carib
this entity surface form: Cariban
Patamona language family Carib
this entity surface form: Cariban
Carib associatedWith Carib self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Island Caribs
Kare hasAlternativeName Carib
Arau notableWork Carib
subject surface form: Alfonso Arau
this entity surface form: Caribe