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Jamaica

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See also: jamaica and jamaicà

English

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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From Taíno Xaymaca (“land of wood and water”), from Taino maca (“wood”).

Alternative forms

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Proper noun

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Jamaica

  2. An island and country in the Caribbean.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • → Japanese: ジャマイカ (Jamaika)
Translations
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See also

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countries in North America (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

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Jamaica

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

Etymology 3

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From the Massachusett word for “beaver”, tummunk. Compare next etymology. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 4.

Proper noun

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Jamaica

  1. Jamaica, Vermont, a town in Vermont.

Etymology 4

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 Jamaica, Queens on Wikipedia

From earlier Jamaco, Jemaco, Jameco, borrowed from Munsee amoxkw (“beaver”), or another Lenape language. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 3.

Proper noun

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Jamaica

  1. Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood of Queens, New York.

References

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  1. ^ “Jamaica Plain Historical Society - Native Americans in Jamaica Plain”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 2010 April 12 (last accessed), archived from the original on 3 December 2011

Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Jamaica f

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

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Proper noun

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Jamaica

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

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Jamaica

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

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

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Borrowed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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  • (Northern Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˌdʒaːˈmɑi̯.kaː/, /ˌjaːˈmɑi̯.kaː/
  • (Limburg) IPA(key): /(d)ʒaː.mɛɪ̯.kaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca

Proper noun

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Jamaica n

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

Hungarian

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 Jamaica on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈjɒmɒjikɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Ja‧ma‧i‧ca
  • Rhymes: -kɒ

Proper noun

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Jamaica

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

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Jamaica —
accusative Jamaicát —
dative Jamaicának —
instrumental Jamaicával —
causal-final Jamaicáért —
translative Jamaicává —
terminative Jamaicáig —
essive-formal Jamaicaként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Jamaicában —
superessive Jamaicán —
adessive Jamaicánál —
illative Jamaicába —
sublative Jamaicára —
allative Jamaicához —
elative Jamaicából —
delative Jamaicáról —
ablative Jamaicától —
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		Jamaicáé —
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		Jamaicáéi —
Possessive forms of Jamaica
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Jamaicám —
2nd person sing. Jamaicád —
3rd person sing. Jamaicája —
1st person plural Jamaicánk —
2nd person plural Jamaicátok —
3rd person plural Jamaicájuk —

Derived terms

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Jamaican Creole

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Taíno Xaymaca (“land of wood and water”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒʌˈmʲeːka/, /d͡ʒaˈmʲeːka/
  • Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca

Proper noun

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Jamaica

  1. Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)
    Synonyms: Jamdown, Jamdung, Jamrock, Yard
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References

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  1. ^ Harry S. Pariser (1990) Jamaica: A Visitor's Guide (in English), →ISBN, page 1: ““No other island in the Caribbean conjures up such evocative images as Jamaica. The island's name comes from the Arawak Indian name, Xaymaca, which means "Land of Wood and Water." […] ””

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Proper noun

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Jamaica

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

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Jamaica

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

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Etymology

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From Arawakan/Taíno xaymaca.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒaˈmaj.kɐ/ [ʒaˈmaɪ̯.kɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒaˈmaj.ka/ [ʒaˈmaɪ̯.ka]

  • Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca

Proper noun

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Jamaica f

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

Derived terms

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Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology

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From Arawakan/Taíno xaymaca.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xaˈmaika/ [xaˈmai̯.ka]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aika
  • Syllabification: Ja‧mai‧ca

Proper noun

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Jamaica ?

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Jamaica

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

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Jamaica n (genitive Jamaicas)

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

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Welsh

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Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Jamaica f (not mutable)

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

Coordinate terms

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countries in North America: gwledydd Gogledd America (appendix)edit
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