Jamaica

See also: jamaica and jamaicà

English

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• Jomayca (Jamaican English)

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Jamaica ginger
• Jamaica pepper

• Jamaica rose
• Jamaican

Translations

country in the Caribbean

• Albanian: Xhamajkë f
• Amharic: ጃማይካ (ǧamayka)
• Arabic: جَامَايْكَا f (jamaykā)
• Aragonese: Chamaica f
• Armenian: Ճամայկա (Čamayka)
• Asturian: Xamaica (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Yamayka (az)
• Basque: Jamaika
• Belarusian: Яма́йка f (Jamájka)
• Bengali: জামাইকা (jamaika)
• Breton: Jamaika
• Bulgarian: Яма́йка f (Jamájka)
• Burmese: ဂျမေကာ (gya.meka)
• Catalan: Jamaica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牙買加／牙买加 (zh) (Yámǎijiā), 牙买加 (zh) (Yámǎijiā)

• Cornish: Jamayka
• Czech: Jamajka (cs) f
• Danish: Jamaica
• Dutch: Jamaica (nl)
• Esperanto: Jamajko (eo)
• Estonian: Jamaica (et)
• Finnish: Jamaika (fi)
• French: Jamaïque (fr) f
• Galician: Xamaica (gl) f
• Georgian: იამაიკა (ka) (iamaiḳa)
• German: Jamaika (de) n
• Greek: Τζαμάικα (el) f (Tzamáika)
• 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
• Irish: Iamáice f
• Italian: Giamaica (it) f
• Jamaican Creole: Jumayca, Jumeika
• 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 (Jameika)
• Kurdish:
• Kyrgyz: Ямайка (ky) (Yamayka)
• Lao: ຈາໄມກາ (chā mai kā)
• Latin: Iamaica
• Latvian: Jamaika f
• Lithuanian: Jamaika (lt) f
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Jamaika

  German Low German: Jamaika

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

  Bokmål: Jamaica (no)

  Nynorsk: Jamaica (nn)

• Novial:
• Occitan: Jamaica (oc)
• Pashto: جمايکا (jāmāykā)
• Persian: جامائیکا (jâmâ'ikâ)
• Piedmontese: Giamàica
• Polish: Jamajka (pl) f
• Portuguese: Jamaica (pt)
• Romanian: Jamaica (ro) f
• Romansch: Giamaica f
• Russian: Яма́йка (ru) f (Jamájka)
• S'gaw Karen: Jamaika
• Sanskrit: जमैका (jamaikā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јамајка f

  Roman: Jamajka (sh) f

• Sicilian: Giamaica
• 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
• Volapük: Camekeän (vo)
• Welsh: Jamaica
• 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, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, 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”. 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.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Jamaica f

1. Jamaica

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Danish

Proper noun

Jamaica

1. Jamaica (a country in the Caribbean)

Related terms

• jamaicansk

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Jamaica n

1. Jamaica

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Jamaica

1. Jamaica

Related terms

• jamaicaner, jamaikaner
• jamaicansk, jamaikansk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Jamaica

1. Jamaica

Related terms

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Taíno/Lokono xaymaca

Proper noun

Jamaica f

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Taíno/Lokono xaymaca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈmaika/ [xaˈmai̯.ka]

Proper noun

Jamaica ?

1. Jamaica

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Swahili

Alternative forms

• Jamaika

Proper noun

Jamaica

1. Jamaica

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Swedish

Proper noun

Jamaica n (genitive Jamaicas)

1. Jamaica

Derived terms

Derived terms

• jamaican
• jamaicansk

• jamaikan
• jamaikansk