The wonderful nature can give the most refined Caribbean visitors cautious hopes of suffering shipwreck and be forced into a life of sand, water and palm trees. A trip to the Caribbean means a relaxed life-enjoying atmosphere, spicy Creole food, lovely beaches, rum, cigars and much more. Learn more about Swedish colonial history at St. Barthelemy. Try to get a glimpse of the green shimmering monkeys in Barbados. Discover one waterfall after another in the mountainous interior of the Dominican Republic. Enjoy the reggae rhythms along with a resting safari with long, thick dreadlocks in Jamaica. Let yourself be swept by the colorful fish and coral reefs of Bonaire’s diving paradise. Rinse a baguette or croissant with exotic drinks at Martinique. Enjoy the spice fragrance in the markets of Grenada, the Caribbean’s spice center.
Although not geographically located in the Caribbean Sea, the Bahamas is often considered part of the Caribbean region. The Bahamas consists of 700 islands located in the Atlantic Ocean. Turks and Caicos, to the southeast of the Bahamas, are another common misconception, as they are also found in the Atlantic.
The 18th century saw many countries trying to colonize the islands. [ 4 ] Because of this, Caribbean culture is very similar to those of Africa , India , and many countries in Europe .
The Dominican Republic covers the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola Island in the Caribbean’s Greater Antilles archipelago. Occupying an area of 48,671 sq. km, it is the second-largest country in the Antilles. This Spanish-speaking nation has a population of 11,117,873 inhabitants. Placed along the Ozama River on Hispaniola Island’s southern coast is Santo Domingo, which serves as the country’s capital as well as its commercial, industrial, and administrative center. The country has the biggest economy in the Caribbean and the Central American region. Following the 2008 financial crisis, Dominican Republic has become one of Latin America’s fastest-growing economies.
The two most prevalent pronunciations of "Caribbean" outside the Caribbean are / ˌ k ær ɪ ˈ b iː ə n / ( KARR -ə- BEE -ən ), with the primary stress on the third syllable , and / k ə ˈ r ɪ b i ə n / ( kə- RIB -ee-ən ), with the stress on the second. Most authorities of the last century preferred the stress on the third syllable. [ 16 ] This is the older of the two pronunciations, but the stressed-second-syllable variant has been established for over 75 years. [ 17 ] [ when? ] It has been suggested that speakers of British English prefer / ˌ k ær ɪ ˈ b iː ə n / ( KARR -ə- BEE -ən ) while North American speakers more typically use / k ə ˈ r ɪ b i ə n / ( kə- RIB -ee-ən ), [ 18 ] but major American dictionaries and other sources list the stress on the third syllable as more common in American English too. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] According to the American version of Oxford Online Dictionaries, the stress on the second syllable is becoming more common in UK English and is increasingly considered "by some" to be more up to date and more "correct". [ 23 ]
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