Jamaica

See also: jamaica and jamaicà

English

Pronunciation
  • enPR: jə-mā'kə, IPA(key): /dʒəˈmeɪ.kə/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Etymology 1

From Taíno Xaymaca (“land of wood and water”).

Alternative forms
  • Jomayca (Jamaican English)

Proper noun

Jamaica

  1. A particular country in the Caribbean.
  2. The island comprising most of that country.
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Etymology 2

After Kuchamakin, a Massachusett leader; from Massachusett.[1]

Proper noun

Jamaica

  1. Jamaica Plain, Boston, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Etymology 3

From the Massachusett word for “beaver”. Compare next etymology.

Proper noun

Jamaica

  1. Jamaica, Vermont, a town in Vermont.

Etymology 4

Originally Jameco, from Lenape [Term?] (“beaver”). Compare previous etymology.

Proper noun

Jamaica

  1. Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood in Queens, New York City.

References
  1. “Jamaica Plain Historical Society - Native Americans in Jamaica Plain”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 12 April 2010, archived from the original on 3 December 2011

Catalan

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ʒəˈmaj.kə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒaˈmaj.ka/

Proper noun

Jamaica f

  1. Jamaica

Danish

Proper noun

Jamaica

  1. Jamaica (country in the Caribbean)

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Proper noun

Jamaica n

  1. Jamaica

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Jamaica

  1. Jamaica

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Jamaica

  1. Jamaica

Portuguese

Proper noun

Jamaica f

  1. Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xaˈmaika/, [xaˈmai̯ka]

Proper noun

Jamaica ?

  1. Jamaica

Swahili

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Jamaica

  1. Jamaica

Swedish

Proper noun

Jamaica n (genitive Jamaicas)

  1. Jamaica

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