Sea to the north of South America (9)

I believe the answer is:

caribbean

(Other definitions for caribbean that I've seen before include "Atlantic Sea off Central America" , "West Indies sea" , "Sort of islander" , "Sea between North and South America" , "who lives on an island?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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