Caribbean

Japanese: Caribbees
Caribbean

…It consists of numerous islands that circle the Caribbean Sea in an arc, and are also called the Caribbean Islands. It is a general term for the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico) and the Lesser Antilles (from the Virgin Islands to the islands off the coast of Venezuela), but these and the Bahamas, southeast of the Florida peninsula, are collectively called the West Indies.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Caribbees" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…カリブ海を弧状にめぐる多数の島々からなり,カリブ諸島Caribbeesともいわれる。大アンティル諸島(キューバ,ジャマイカ,イスパニオラ島,プエルト・リコ),小アンティル諸島(バージン諸島からベネズエラ沖の島々まで)の総称であるが,これらとフロリダ半島南東のバハマ諸島を合わせて西インド諸島といわれる。…

※「Caribbees」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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