Jamaica

See also jamaica

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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

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Etymology 1

From Taino 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.

Translations

country in the Caribbean

• Albanian: Xhamajkë (sq) f
• Arabic: جامايكا (ar) (jamáyka) f
• Aragonese: Chamaica (an) f
• Armenian: Ճամայկա (hy) (Č̣amayka) 
• Asturian: Xamaica (ast) f
• Azeri: Yamayka (az)
• Basque: Jamaika (eu)
• Belarusian: Ямайка (be) (Jamajka)
• Bengali: জামাইকা (bn)
• Breton: Jamaika (br)
• Bulgarian: Ямайка (bg) (Jamajka)
• Catalan: Jamaica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牙買加 (cmn), 牙买加 (cmn) (Yámǎijiā)

• Cornish: Jamayka (kw)
• 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 German: 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)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic Јамајка (sh) f

  Roman: Jamajka (sh) f

• Sicilian: Giamaica (scn)
• Slovak: Jamajka (sk)
• Slovene: Jamájka (sl) f
• 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 (bo)
• Turkish: Jamaika (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ямайка (uk) (Jamajka)
• Urdu: جمیکا (ur) (jamaikā)
• Uyghur: يامايكا (ug)
• Vietnamese: Jamaica (vi)
• Volapük: Camekeän (vo)
• Welsh: Jamaica (cy)
• Yiddish: דזשאַמײקע (yi) (dzshameyke)
• Zazaki: Cameika (Southern Zazaki)

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)}

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”. Compare next etymology.

Proper noun

Jamaica

1. Jamaica, Vermont, a town in Vermont.

Etymology 4

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

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

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Catalan

Wikipedia ^ca

Proper noun

Jamaica f

1. Jamaica

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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

Wikipedia ^sv

Proper noun

Jamaica n

1. Jamaica

Derived terms

• jamaican
• jamaicansk
• jamaikan
• jamaikansk