Caribbean islands

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archipelago geographical region

The Caribbean islands are a tropical region of the Americas comprising hundreds of islands and archipelagos known for their diverse cultures, colonial history, and tourism-driven economies.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Caribbean states	2
Antilles island group	1
Caribbean island states	1
Eastern Caribbean states	1
Puerto Rican archipelago	1

Statements (93)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago ⓘ geographical region ⓘ
agriculturalProduct	bananas ⓘ cocoa ⓘ coffee ⓘ sugarcane ⓘ
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
colonizedBy	Denmark ⓘ France ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Spain ⓘ Sweden ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
continent	Americas ⓘ
culturalEvent	Carnival ⓘ Crop Over ⓘ Carnival ⓘ surface form: Junkanoo
exportProduct	bauxite ⓘ petroleum products ⓘ rum ⓘ tourism services ⓘ
hasCuisine	Caribbean cuisine ⓘ
hasPart	Antigua and Barbuda NERFINISHED ⓘ Aruba ⓘ Bahamas ⓘ Barbados NERFINISHED ⓘ Cayman Islands ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Curaçao ⓘ surface form: Curacao Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ Greater Antilles ⓘ Grenada ⓘ Guadeloupe ⓘ Hispaniola ⓘ Jamaica ⓘ Lesser Antilles ⓘ Lucayan Archipelago ⓘ Martinique ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ Saint Kitts and Nevis NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Lucia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sint Maarten ⓘ surface form: Saint Martin Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ Virgin Islands ⓘ
historicalEvent	Atlantic slave trade ⓘ European colonization of the Americas ⓘ
indigenousPeoples	Arawak ⓘ Carib ⓘ Taíno ⓘ
knownFor	beaches ⓘ colonial history ⓘ coral reefs ⓘ cruise tourism ⓘ diverse cultures ⓘ hurricanes ⓘ tourism ⓘ
language	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Haitian Creole ⓘ Papiamento ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Caribbean Sea ⓘ
majorEconomicSector	agriculture ⓘ offshore finance ⓘ tourism industry ⓘ
musicGenre	bachata ⓘ calypso ⓘ dancehall ⓘ merengue ⓘ reggae ⓘ salsa ⓘ soca ⓘ
partOf	Americas ⓘ
politicalOrganization	Caribbean Community ⓘ OECS ⓘ surface form: Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
regionalOrganization	Association of Caribbean States ⓘ
religion	Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timeZone	UTC−04:00 ⓘ UTC−05:00 ⓘ UTC−06:00 ⓘ
vulnerableTo	hurricanes ⓘ sea level rise ⓘ tropical storms ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Culebra National Wildlife Refuge → archipelago → Caribbean islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puerto Rican archipelago

Desecheo Island → belongsTo → Caribbean islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antilles island group

Spanish conquistadors → conqueredRegion → Caribbean islands ⓘ

France (on behalf of French overseas departments in the Caribbean) → cooperatesWith → Caribbean islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caribbean states

Chelonoidis → foundIn → Caribbean islands ⓘ

Regional Security System → foundedBy → Caribbean islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean states

Special Committee for Transport → geographicalFocus → Caribbean islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caribbean island states

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council → hearsAppealsFrom → Caribbean islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caribbean states

Arawakan languages → historicalDistribution → Caribbean islands ⓘ

Neotropical realm → includesRegion → Caribbean islands ⓘ

Spanish colonization of the Americas → location → Caribbean islands ⓘ

Dutch settlers → settledIn → Caribbean islands ⓘ

Caribbean Spanish → spokenIn → Caribbean islands ⓘ

Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort and Disney's Riviera Resort → themedAfter → Caribbean islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort