This is a outline of topics related to the Caribbean region. Links to outlines and indexes of countries in the Caribbean region are also provided. The Caribbean (/ˌkærɪˈbiːən, kəˈrɪbiən/, locally /ˈkærɪbiæn/;[1] Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbes; Haitian Creole: Karayib; also Antillean Creole: Kawayib; Dutch: Caraïben; Papiamento: Karibe) is a region of the Americas that comprises the Caribbean Sea, its surrounding coasts, and its islands (some of which lie within the Caribbean Sea[2] and some of which lie on the edge of the Caribbean Sea where it borders the North Atlantic Ocean).[3] The region lies southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and of the North American mainland, east of Central America, and north of South America.