Antillean
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The paper highlights examples including Lua the Antillean manatee -- a species severely depleted by habitat loss and hunting in Brazil.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2023
Born to famed singer Lionel Benjamin in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Mikaben was a vocalist, composer and producer who spanned several genres, including Haitian kompa, the Antillean zouk, Jamaican reggae and hip-hop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2022
The two events followed an online petition asking Christie’s to stop the sale of sacred artifacts of the Taíno, an Indigenous people of the Caribbean whose descendants can now be found throughout the Antillean islands.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
As for “Run Sister Run,” an easy jam with an Antillean rhythm, I drew a blank.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
The Antillean mountains in a general way connect or intervene between the Pacific and the Andean cordilleras.
From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
“The Chinese gave us bistec picado. Antilleans gave us our tasty octopus with coconut. The Spanish our sancochado.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2014
The residents, who included Hindus, Antilleans, Ghanaians and white Dutch as well as Surinamese, had organised themselves into a community group substantial enough to get itself heard by official bodies.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 11, 2012
Had it not been for the Caribs the Antilleans would have led a placid existence.
From Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate by Skinner, Charles M. (Charles Montgomery)
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