Dougla (or dugla) is a word used by people of the Caribbean, especially in Guyana, Jamaica, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Martinique, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Suriname, Sint Maarten, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago. It is used to describe Caribbean people who are a product of African and Indian descent. It is a non-hereditary means of naming people; that is, dougla progeny would usually be categorized as another race based on the progeny's appearance, even in the case of dougla-dougla unions.