Caribbean Americans

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diaspora community ethnic group in the United States

Caribbean Americans are U.S. residents and citizens with ancestral roots in the Caribbean region, encompassing diverse national, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds from islands and coastal nations across the Caribbean Sea.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Dominican Americans 2
West Indian Americans 2
Dominican American community 1

Statements (108)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group in the United States ⓘ
citizenshipStatus may be U.S. citizens by birth ⓘ
may be lawful permanent residents ⓘ
may be naturalized U.S. citizens ⓘ
continentOfResidence North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalInfluence American cuisine ⓘ
American literature ⓘ
American music ⓘ
American politics ⓘ
American religious life ⓘ
North American professional sports ⓘ
surface form: American sports
culturalTradition Caribbean food festivals ⓘ
Caribbean music festivals ⓘ
Carnival celebrations ⓘ
ethnicComposition African descent ⓘ
East Asian descent ⓘ
European descent ⓘ
Indigenous Caribbean peoples ⓘ
Middle Eastern descent ⓘ
South Asian descent ⓘ
mixed race ⓘ
hasAncestralOrigin Antigua and Barbuda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aruba ⓘ
Bahamas ⓘ
Barbados NERFINISHED ⓘ
Belize NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Curaçao ⓘ
Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dominican Republic ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
Grenada ⓘ
Guadeloupe ⓘ
British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Guyana

Haiti ⓘ
Jamaica ⓘ
Martinique ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
Saint Barthélemy ⓘ
Saint Croix ⓘ
St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
surface form: Saint John (U.S. Virgin Islands)

Saint Kitts and Nevis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Lucia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sint Maarten ⓘ
surface form: Saint Martin

Saint Thomas ⓘ
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
Tobago ⓘ
Trinidad ⓘ
Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
hasAncestralOriginRegion Caribbean ⓘ
Caribbean Sea basin ⓘ
West Indies ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Haitian Creole ⓘ
Papiamento ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
various English-based creoles ⓘ
various French-based creoles ⓘ
various Spanish-based creoles ⓘ
majorSettlement Atlanta ⓘ
Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Fort Lauderdale ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
Miami metropolitan area ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Orlando ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
Tampa, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Tampa

Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
migrationPattern earlier 19th- and early 20th-century migration to the United States ⓘ
post-World War II migration to the United States ⓘ
musicGenre bachata ⓘ
calypso ⓘ
dancehall ⓘ
kompa ⓘ
merengue ⓘ
reggae ⓘ
salsa ⓘ
soca ⓘ
recognizedSubgroupOf American population ⓘ
relatedGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans

Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ
Black Americans ⓘ
Hispanic and Latino Americans ⓘ
Hispanic and Latino Americans ⓘ
surface form: Latino Americans

Caribbean Americans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: West Indian Americans
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
Baptists ⓘ
surface form: Baptist

Christianity ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
JehovahsWitnesses ⓘ
surface form: Jehovah's Witnesses

Judaism ⓘ
Methodist ⓘ
Pentecostalism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Rastafari movement ⓘ
surface form: Rastafari

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
Santería ⓘ
Seventh-day Adventist Church ⓘ
Haitian Vodou ⓘ
surface form: Vodou

Referenced by (10)

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

subject surface form: Bedford–Stuyvesant
Paterson, New Jersey → ethnicCommunity → Caribbean Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dominican Americans
Washington Heights → ethnicMajority → Caribbean Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dominican American community
Flatbush → historicalEthnicCommunity → Caribbean Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Indian Americans
Flatbush → historicalEthnicCommunity → Caribbean Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans
Hispanic and Latino Americans → majorSubgroup → Caribbean Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dominican Americans
Caribbean Americans → relatedGroup → Caribbean Americans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Indian Americans
Caribbean Canadians → relatedGroup → Caribbean Americans ⓘ
Haitian Americans → relatedGroup → Caribbean Americans ⓘ