Jamajka

See also: Jamajką, jamajka, and jamajką

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjamajka]

Proper noun

Jamajka f (relational adjective jamajský, demonym Jamajčan)

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

Declension

Declension of Jamajka (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Jamajka
genitive	Jamajky
dative	Jamajce
accusative	Jamajku
vocative	Jamajko
locative	Jamajce
instrumental	Jamajkou

Further reading

• “Jamajka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Jamajka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English Jamaica, Russian Яма́йка (Jamájka), Italian Giamaica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaˈmaj.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ajka
• Syllabification: Ja‧maj‧ka
• Homophone: jamajka

Proper noun

Jamajka f (related adjective jamajski)

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

Declension

Declension of Jamajka

	singular
nominative	Jamajka
genitive	Jamajki
dative	Jamajce
accusative	Jamajkę
instrumental	Jamajką
locative	Jamajce
vocative	Jamajko

Derived terms

noun

• Jamajczyk

See also

countries in North America: kraje Ameryki Północnej (appendix)edit

• Antigua i Barbuda
• Bahamy
• Barbados
• Dominika
• Dominikana
• Grenada
• Haiti
• Jamajka
• Kanada
• Kuba
• Meksyk
• Saint Kitts i Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent i Grenadyny
• Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki
• Trynidad i Tobago

Noun

Jamajka f

1. a woman from Jamaica

Declension

Declension of Jamajka

	singular	plural
nominative	Jamajka	Jamajki
genitive	Jamajki	Jamajek
dative	Jamajce	Jamajkom
accusative	Jamajkę	Jamajki
instrumental	Jamajką	Jamajkami
locative	Jamajce	Jamajkach
vocative	Jamajko	Jamajki

Further reading

• Jamajka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jamǎjka/
• Hyphenation: Ja‧maj‧ka

Proper noun

Jamàjka f (Cyrillic spelling Јама̀јка)

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

Declension

Declension of Jamajka

	singular
nominative	Jamajka
genitive	Jamajke
dative	Jamajci
accusative	Jamajku
vocative	Jamajko
locative	Jamajci
instrumental	Jamajkom

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jamajka/, [ˈjamaɪ̯ka]
• Rhymes: -ajka
• Hyphenation: Ja‧maj‧ka

Proper noun

Jamajka f (genitive singular Jamajky, declension pattern of žena)

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

Declension

Declension of Jamajka

	singulare tantum
nominative	Jamajka
genitive	Jamajky
dative	Jamajke
accusative	Jamajku
locative	Jamajke
instrumental	Jamajkou

References

• “Jamajka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jamáːjka/

Proper noun

Jamȃjka f

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

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Jamájka
genitive	Jamájke
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Jamájka
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Jamájke
dative (dajȃlnik)	Jamájki
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Jamájko
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Jamájki
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Jamájko

Related terms

• Jamájčan / Jamájčanka
• jamájški