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Indians have influenced Barbadian cuisine, music, and culture. Barbados is also home to expatriates from other countries who mainly come from the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. [14] The largest ethnic groups in Barbados is black (92.4%) or mixed (3.1%). 2.7% of Barbados' population is white and 1.3% South Asian.
The name "Barbados" is from either the Portuguese term os barbados or the Spanish equivalent, los barbados, both meaning "the bearded ones". [12] [13] It is unclear whether "bearded" refers to the long, hanging roots of the bearded fig-tree (Ficus citrifolia), a species of banyan indigenous to the island, or to the allegedly bearded Kalinago (Island Caribs) who once inhabited the island, or ...
Miami Beach, Barbados. The culture of Barbados is a blend of West African and British cultures present in Barbados. English is the official language of the nation, reflecting centuries of British influence, but the Bajan dialect in which it is spoken is an iconic part of the Barbadian culture. This dialect is a combination of the languages from ...
Barbadians, people from Barbados or of Barbadian descent Afro-Barbadians; Barbadian Americans; Barbadian Brazilians; Barbadian British; Barbadian Canadians; White ...
Barbados is an island country in the southeastern Caribbean Sea, situated about 100 miles (160 km) east of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.Roughly triangular in shape, the island measures some 21 miles (34 km) from northwest to southeast and about 14 miles (23 km) from east to west at its widest point.
Anarâškielâ; العربية; Aragonés; অসমীয়া; Asturianu; تۆرکجه; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Беларуская; Български
Constituencies of the Parliament of Barbados (8 P) P. ... (16 P) Pages in category "Lists of Barbadian people" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 ...
By the mid-1670s, there were approximately 33,000 enslaved people and 21,500 Europeans (both indentured and free). [ 8 ] Due to the increased implementation of slave codes , which created differential treatment between Africans and the European workers and ruling planter class , the island became increasingly unattractive to poor whites .