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Caribbean vs Jamaican - What's the difference?

caribbean | jamaican |

As adjectives the difference between caribbean and jamaican

is that caribbean is pertaining to the sea and region of the western Atlantic bounded by South America, Central America, and the islands of the West Indies (such as Cuba and Hispaniola) while Jamaican is of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language.

As a proper noun Caribbean

is the Caribbean Sea.

As a noun Jamaican is

a person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.

caribbean

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Pertaining to the sea and region of the western Atlantic bounded by South America, Central America, and the islands of the West Indies (such as Cuba and Hispaniola).

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Caribbean Sea
  • The countries that occupy the region of the western Atlantic bounded by South America, Central America, and the islands of the West Indies (such as Cuba and Hispaniola)

    • Related terms

    * Caribbeanist * Caribbean Sea * Carib * Carib Indians * Caribe * Caribs

    jamaican

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.
  • The Jamaican creole language.
  • Jamaican English.

    • Derived terms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language.

    • External links

    * * Langwij Jumieka Bilingual Jamaican/English website utilizing phonetic Cassidy-LePage orthography with history, grammar, idioms, dictionary, translations