Jamaica

See also: jamaica and jamaicà

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: jə-mā'kə, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈmeɪ.kə/

• Audio (US)

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• Jomayca (Jamaican English)
• Jamacia (misspelling)

Proper noun

Jamaica

2. An island and country in the Caribbean

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Jamaica Channel
• Jamaica coalition
• Jamaica ginger
• Jamaica pepper
• Jamaica rose
• Jamaica train
• Jamaican
• Jam.

Translations

country in the Caribbean

• Afrikaans: Jamaika
• Albanian: Xhamajkë f
• Amharic: ጃማይካ (ǧamayka)
• Antillean Creole: Jamayik f, Janmayik f
• Arabic: جَامَايْكَا f (jamaykā)

  Moroccan Arabic: جَامَايْكَا f (jamaykā)

• Aragonese: Chamaica f
• Armenian: Ճամայկա (Čamayka)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓ̰ܲܡܵܝܟܵܐ f (jāmayka)
• Asturian: Xamaica (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Yamayka (az)
• Basque: Jamaika
• Belarusian: Яма́йка f (Jamájka)
• Bengali: জামাইকা (bn) (jamaika)
• Breton: Jamaika
• Bulgarian: Яма́йка f (Jamájka)
• Burmese: ဂျမေကာ (gya.meka)
• Catalan: Jamaica (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᏣᎺᎢᎧ (tsameika)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牙買加／牙买加 (zh) (Yámǎijiā)

• Cornish: Jamayka
• Corsican: Giamaica f, Ghjamaica f
• Czech: Jamajka (cs) f
• Danish: Jamaica
• Dutch: Jamaica (nl) n
• Esperanto: Jamajko (eo)
• Estonian: Jamaica (et)
• Farefare: Zameeka, Samaika, Zamaika
• Finnish: Jamaika (fi)
• French: Jamaïque (fr) f
• Galician: Xamaica (gl) f
• Georgian: იამაიკა (ka) (iamaiḳa)
• German: Jamaika (de) n
• Greek: Τζαμάικα (el) f (Tzamáika)
• Guianese Creole: Janmayk f
• Hebrew: גָ'מַיְקָה / ג׳מייקה f (jameika)
• Hindi: जमैका (hi) (jamaikā)
• Hungarian: Jamaica (hu)
• Icelandic: Jamaíka (is)
• Ido: Jamaika (io)
• Indonesian: Jamaika (id)
• Interlingua: Jamaica
• Inuktitut: ᔭᒪᐃᑲ (yamaika)
• Irish: Iamáice f
• Italian: Giamaica (it) f
• Jamaican Creole: Jamaica, Jamieka, Jumieka
• Japanese: ジャマイカ (ja) (Jamaika)
• Kalenjin: Jamaika
• Kamba: Jamaika
• Kashmiri: जमैका (jamaikā)
• Kazakh: Жәмәйке (Jämäike)
• Khmer: ហ្សាម៉ាអ៊ីក (km) (zaamaaʼiik), ចាម៉ៃកា (caamaykaa)
• Kikuyu: Jamaika
• Korean: 자메이카 (ko) (Jameika), 져메이커 (ko) (Jeomeikeo) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Jamaîka

• Kyrgyz: Ямайка (ky) (Yamayka)
• Lao: ຈາໄມກາ (chā mai kā)
• Latin: Iamaica f
• Latvian: Jamaika f
• Lithuanian: Jamaika (lt) f
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Jamaika

  German Low German: Jamaika

• Luhya: Jamaika
• Luo: Jamaika
• Macedonian: Јамајка (mk) (Jamajka)
• Malay: Jamaika (ms)
• Maltese: Ġammajka
• Manx: Yn Yamaicey f
• Maori: Hamaika, Hemeika
• Meru: Jamaika
• Mongolian: Ямайк (mn) (Jamajk)
• Nauruan: Jamaica
• Navajo: Jaméíkʼa
• Norman: Jamaïque f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Jamaica (no)

  Nynorsk: Jamaica (nn)

• Occitan: Jamaica (oc) f
• Pashto: جمايکا (jāmāykā)
• Persian: جامائیکا (jâmâ'ikâ)
• Picard: Jamaïke f
• Piedmontese: Giamàica
• Polish: Jamajka (pl) f
• Portuguese: Jamaica (pt)
• Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: Jamaica (ro) f
• Romansch: Giamaica f
• Russian: Яма́йка (ru) f (Jamájka)
• S'gaw Karen: Jamaika
• Sanskrit: जमैका (jamaikā)
• Sardinian: Giamàica f
• Scots: Jamaica, Jamaicae
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јамајка f

  Roman: Jamajka (sh) f

• Sicilian: Giamaica f
• Sinhalese: ජැමෙයිකාව (jæmeyikāwa)
• Slovak: Jamajka (sk) f
• Slovene: Jamájka (sl) f
• Spanish: Jamaica (es) f
• Swahili: Jamaica (sw), Jamaika (sw)
• Swedish: Jamaica (sv)
• Tagalog: Hamayka (tl)
• Tajik: Ямайка (tg) (Yamayka)
• Tamil: யமேக்கா (yamēkkā)
• Thai: จาเมกา (th) (jaa-mee-gâa)
• Tibetan: ཡ་མས་ཁ (ya mas kha)
• Turkish: Jamaika (tr)
• Turkmen: Ýamaýka
• Ukrainian: Яма́йка (uk) f (Jamájka)
• Urdu: جمیکا (jamaikā)
• Uyghur: يامايكا (yamayka)
• Uzbek: Yamayka (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ha-mai-ca, Gia-mai-ca
• Volapük: Camekeän (vo)
• Walloon: Djamayike
• Welsh: Jamaica (cy)
• West Frisian: Jamaika (fy) n
• Yiddish: דזשאַמייקע (dzhameyke), יאַמײַקע (yamayke)
• Yoruba: Jamaika
• Zazaki: Cameika (Southern Zazaki)

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 of America

Further reading

• Jamaica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

After Kuchamakin, a Massachusett leader; from Massachusett.

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

Etymology 3

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

Proper noun

Jamaica

1. Jamaica, Vermont, a town in Vermont.

Etymology 4

Originally Jameco, from Unami tëmakwe (“beaver”) or a cognate from another Lenape language. Compare previous etymology. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 3.

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒəˈmaj.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [d͡ʒaˈmaj.ka]

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Proper noun

Jamaica f

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

Related terms

• jamaicà

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Jamaica

1. Jamaica (a country in North America)

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕa.mɑj.ˈka/

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

Related terms

• jamaicaner
• jamaicansk

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Northern Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˌdʒaːˈmɑi̯.kaː/, /ˌjaːˈmɑi̯.kaː/
• (Limburg) IPA^(key): /(d)ʒaː.mɛɪ̯.kaː/

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• Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca

Proper noun

Jamaica n

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Jamaica

1. Jamaica (a country in the Caribbean)

Declension

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

• jamaicai

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• Jamieka, Jumieka

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

   Synonyms: Jamdown, Jamdung, Jamrock, Yard

Related terms

• Jamaican

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

Related terms

• jamaicaner, jamaikaner
• jamaicansk, jamaikansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

Related terms

• jamaican, jamaikan
• jamaicanar, jamaikanar
• jamaicansk, jamaikansk

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arawakan/Taíno xaymaca.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐˈmaj.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca

Proper noun

Jamaica f

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

Derived terms

• jamaicano

Spanish

Etymology

From Arawakan/Taíno xaymaca.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Jamaica ?

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

Derived terms

• canal de Jamaica
• pimienta de Jamaica

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Hamayka

Further reading

• “Jamaica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Alternative forms

• Jamaika

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Proper noun

Jamaica

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Jamaica n (genitive Jamaicas)

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• jamaican
• jamaicansk
• jamaikan
• jamaikansk