Jamaica

See also jamaica

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: jə-mā'kə, IPA: /dʒəˈmeɪ.kə/, SAMPA: /dZ@"meI.k@/

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Etymology 1

Taino Xaymaca (“land of wood and water”).

The term Jamaica originates as a common Anglicization of several different indigenous American words, as detailed below.

Alternative forms

• Jomayca (Jamaican English)

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

Translations

country in the Caribbean

Albanian: Xhamajkë (sq) f. Arabic: جامايكا (ar) (jamáyka) f. Aragonese: Chamaica (an) Armenian: Ճամայկա (hy) (Č̣amayka) Asturian: Xamaica (ast) Azeri: Yamayka (az) Basque: Jamaika (eu) Belarusian: Ямайка (be) Bengali: জামাইকা (bn) Bosnian: Jamajka (bs) f. Breton: Jamaika (br) Bulgarian: Ямайка (bg) Catalan: Jamaica (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 牙買加 (cmn), 牙买加 (cmn) (Yámǎijiā) Cornish: Jamayka (kw) Croatian: Jamajka (hr) Czech: Jamajka (cs) f. Danish: Jamaica (da) Dutch: Jamaica (nl) Esperanto: Jamajko (eo) Estonian: Jamaica (et) Finnish: Jamaika (fi) French: Jamaïque (fr) f. Galician: Xamaica (gl) f. Georgian: იამაიკა (ka) (iamaika) German: Jamaika (de) n. Greek: Τζαμάικα (el) (Tzamáika) f. Hebrew: ג'מייקה (he) Hindi: जमैका (hi) (jamaikā) Hungarian: Jamaica (hu) Icelandic: Jamaíka (is) Ido: Jamaika (io) Indonesian: Jamaika (id) Interlingua: Jamaica (ia) Italian: Giamaica (it) f. Jamaican Creole: Jumayca, Jumeika Japanese: ジャマイカ (ja) (Jamaika) Kalenjin: Jamaika Kamba: Jamaika Kashmiri: जमैका (ks) Kikuyu: Jamaika Korean: 자메이카 (ko) (Jameika) Kurdish: Jamaîka (ku) Latin: Iamaica (la) Latvian: Jamaika (lv) Lithuanian: Jamaika (lt)

Low Saxon: Jamaika (nds) Luhya: Jamaika Luo: Jamaika Macedonian: Јамајка (mk) (Jamájka) Malay: Jamaika (ms) Maltese: Ġammajka (mt) Manx: Yn Yamaicey (gv) f. Meru: Jamaika Nauruan: Jamaica (na) Navajo: Jaméíkʼa Norwegian: Jamaica (no) Nynorsk: Jamaica (nn) Novial: Jamaika Occitan: Jamaica (oc) Pashto: جمايکا (ps) Persian: جامائیکا (fa) Piedmontese: Giamàica Polish: Jamajka (pl) f. Portuguese: Jamaica (pt) Romanian: Jamaica (ro) f. Romansch: Giamaica (rm) f. Russian: Ямайка (ru) (Jamájka) f. S'gaw Karen: Jamaika Sanskrit: जमैका (sa) Serbian: Cyrillic Јамајка (sr) f. Roman: Jamajka (sr) f. Sicilian: Giamaica (scn) Slovak: Jamajka (sk) Slovene: Jamajka (sl) Spanish: Jamaica (es) f. Swahili: Jamaika (sw) Swedish: Jamaica (sv) Tagalog: Jamaica (tl) Tamil: யமேக்கா (ta) Thai: ประเทศจาเมกา (th) (bpràtâyt jaamaygaa), จาเมกา (th) (jaamaygaa) Tibetan: ཡ་མས་ཁ Turkish: Jamaika (tr) Ukrainian: Ямайка (uk) Urdu: جمیکا (ur) (jamaikā) Uyghur: يامايكا (ug) Vietnamese: Jamaica (vi) Volapük: Camekeän (vo) Welsh: Jamaica (cy) Yiddish: דזשאַמײקע (yi) (dzshameyke) Zazaki: please add this translation if you can Southern: Cameika

Derived terms

• Jamaican

See also

• Kingston
• (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States ^{(Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of North America) [edit]}

Etymology 2

Massachusett Kuchamakin, a Massachusett leader.

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

Etymology 3

Massachusett (Natick) word for “beaver”. Compare next etymology.

Proper noun

Jamaica

1. Jamaica, Vermont, a town in Vermont.

Etymology 4

Originally Jameco, from Lenape (Lenape) word for “beaver”. Compare previous etymology.

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

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Danish

Wikipedia ^da

Proper noun

Jamaica

1. Jamaica (country in the Caribbean)

Related terms

• jamaicansk

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Proper noun

Jamaica

1. Jamaica

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Jamaica

1. Jamaica

Related terms

• jamaican, jamaikan
• jamaicansk, jamaikansk

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Proper noun

Jamaica

1. Jamaica

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Swedish

Proper noun

Jamaica

1. Jamaica.