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    Caribbean Spanish (Spanish: español caribeño, [espaˈɲol kaɾiˈβeɲo]) is the general name of the Spanish dialects spoken in the Caribbean region. The Spanish...
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    The Spanish West Indies, Spanish Caribbean or the Spanish Antilles (also known as "Las Antillas Occidentales" or simply "Las Antillas Españolas" in Spanish)...
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    The Caribbean (/ˌkærɪˈbiːən, kəˈrɪbiən/ KARR-ih-BEE-ən, kə-RIB-ee-ən, locally /ˈkærɪbiːæn/ KARR-ih-bee-an; Spanish: el Caribe; French: les Caraïbes; Dutch:...
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    languages of the Caribbean reflect the region's diverse history and culture. There are six official languages spoken in the Caribbean: Spanish (official language...
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  • the Caribbean over the centuries. Although most Afro-Caribbean people today continue to reside in English, French and Spanish-speaking Caribbean nations...
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    in the Caribbean Spanish West Indies – Spanish possession in the Caribbean between 1492-1898 Staff writer (1989). "The Commonwealth Caribbean". Library...
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    Caribbean and claimed the region for Spain. The following year, the first Spanish settlements were established in the Caribbean. Although the Spanish...
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    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM or CC) is an intergovernmental organisation that is a political and economic union of 15 member states (14 nation-states...
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    seamen to loot European merchant ships, especially the Spanish treasure fleets sailing from the Caribbean to Europe. The following quote by an 18th-century...
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    Cuban Spanish is the variety of the Spanish language as it is spoken in Cuba. As a Caribbean variety of Spanish, Cuban Spanish shares a number of features...
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    standard Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands by the Canary Islanders. Canarian Spanish heavily influenced the development of Caribbean Spanish and other...
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    belongs to the group of Caribbean Spanish variants and, as such, is largely derived from Canarian Spanish and Andalusian Spanish. Outside of Puerto Rico...
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    Colombian Spanish (Spanish: español colombiano) is a grouping of the varieties of Spanish spoken in Colombia. The term is of more geographical than linguistic...
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    Florida. Dominican Spanish, a Caribbean variety of Spanish, is based on the Andalusian and Canarian Spanish dialects of southern Spain, and has influences...
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    inhabitants speak a dialect of Caribbean Spanish with variations within its subregions. Eight departments form the Caribbean region<: Partial territory pertaining...
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  • Pirates of the Caribbean is an American fantasy supernatural swashbuckler film series produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and based on Walt Disney's theme park...
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    invaded Spanish territory in the Caribbean. In 1657, England formed an alliance with France, merging the Anglo–Spanish war with the larger Franco-Spanish War...
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  • are: Afro-Caribbean (largely descendants of bonded African slaves), Hispanic/Latino-Caribbean (people from the Spanish-speaking Caribbean who descend...
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    Caribbean Americans or West Indian Americans are Americans who trace their ancestry to the Caribbean. Caribbean Americans are a multi-ethnic and multi-racial...
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    and Caribbean States (CELAC) is a regional bloc of Latin American and Caribbean states proposed on February 23, 2010, at the Rio Group–Caribbean Community...
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    Latin American and Caribbean States, African Union, among others. In Spain and some other parts of the Spanish-speaking world, Spanish is called not only...
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    During the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the Spanish Main was the collective term for the parts of the Spanish Empire that were on the mainland...
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  • might have reinforced, in Caribbean Spanish, the consonant reduction that was already taking place in Spanish from Southern Spain. Wikimedia Commons has...
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  • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is a 2011 American fantasy swashbuckler film directed by Rob Marshall. It is the first film in the series...
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    phonetics of the Spanish language. Unless otherwise noted, statements refer to Castilian Spanish, the standard dialect used in Spain on radio and television...
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  • Caribbean countries, e.g. through membership in the Caribbean Community. ABC islands Southern Caribbean Spanish Main Trinidad and Tobago v t e v t e...
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    The Spanish treasure fleet, or West Indies Fleet (Spanish: Flota de Indias, also called silver fleet or plate fleet; from the Spanish: plata meaning "silver")...
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  • Caribbean dollar (symbol: EC$; code: XCD) is the currency of all seven full members and one associate member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean...
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    Pirates of the Caribbean is a dark ride at Disneyland, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris, and Shanghai...
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    Languages of Guatemala (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    Spanish is the official language of Guatemala. Guatemalan Spanish is the local variant of the Spanish language. Twenty-six Mayan languages are spoken...
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