Q168 How do you pronounce “Caribbean”?

stress on the second syllable (“carRIBbean”) 248/1305

stress on the third syllable (“carribBEan”)

I can stress either the second syllable or the third with no difference in meaning 381/1305

I stress the second syllable when referring to the body of water, but in “Pirates of the Caribbean” I stress the third 255/1305

I stress the second syllable in compounds like “Caribbean coast” but when the word is on its own I stress the third syllable 73/1305