Jamaica
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: jə-mā′kə
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈmeɪ.kə/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈmæɪ.kə/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈme.kə/
- (India) IPA(key): /d͡ʒaˈmeː.ka/
- Rhymes: -eɪkə
- Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca
Etymology 1
Derived from Taíno Xaymaca (“land of wood and water”), from Taíno maca (“wood”).
Alternative forms
- Jomayca (Jamaica)
- Jamacia (misspelling)
Proper noun
Jamaica
- An island and country in the Caribbean.
- 2025 July 8, Zoe Sottile, “He was born to a US citizen soldier on an army base in Germany. Now he’s been deported to Jamaica, a country he’d never been to”, in CNN[2], archived from the original on 10 July 2025:
- Thomas says the saga resulting in him being stranded and homeless in Jamaica started in February, when he was evicted from the apartment he shared with friends in Killeen, Texas, about an hour north of Austin.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: ジャマイカ (Jamaika)
Translations
country in the Caribbean
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See also
countries in North America (appendix)edit
Further reading
Etymology 2
After Kuchamakin, a Massachusett leader; from Massachusett.[1]
Proper noun
Jamaica
- 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
- A town in Vermont. See Jamaica, Vermont on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 4
From earlier Jamaco, Jemaco, Jameco, borrowed from Munsee amoxkw (“beaver”), or another Lenape language. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 3.
Proper noun
Jamaica
- A neighborhood of Queens, New York. See Jamaica, Queens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- ^ “Jamaica Plain Historical Society - Native Americans in Jamaica Plain”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 12 April 2010 (last accessed), archived from the original on 3 December 2011
Catalan
Pronunciation
Audio (Valencia): (file) - Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca
Proper noun
Jamaica f
Related terms
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Jamaica
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɕa.mɑjˈka/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca
Proper noun
Jamaica
Related terms
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately derived from Taíno Xaymaca.
Pronunciation
- (Northern Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˌdʒaːˈmɑi.kaː/, /ˌjaːˈmɑi.kaː/
- (Limburg) IPA(key): /ʒaː.mɛɪ.kaː/, /dʒaː.mɛɪ.kaː/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca
Proper noun
Jamaica n
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjɒmɒjikɒ]
- Rhymes: -kɒ
- Hyphenation: Ja‧ma‧i‧ca
Proper noun
Jamaica
Declension
| 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 | — |
| 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
See also
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
- Jamieka, Jumieka
Etymology
From Taíno Xaymaca (“land of wood and water”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒʌˈmʲeːka/, /d͡ʒaˈmʲeːka/
- Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca
Proper noun
Jamaica
Related terms
References
- ^ Harry S. Pariser (1990) Jamaica: A Visitor's Guide (in English), →ISBN, page 1: ““No other island in the Caribbean conjures up such evocative images as Jamaica. The island's name comes from the Arawak Indian name, Xaymaca, which means "Land of Wood and Water." […] ””
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Jamaica
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Jamaica
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Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (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
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xaˈmaika/ [xaˈmai̯.ka]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -aika
- Syllabification: Ja‧mai‧ca
Proper noun
Jamaica f
- Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)
- 2025 June 20, Randi Kaye and David von Blohn, “El ICE renueva acuerdo con el centro de detención que, según la agencia, no cumplía las normas”, in CNN en Español[3]:
- Michael Wallace, deportado a Jamaica, su país de origen, padece epilepsia.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: Hamayka
Further reading
- “Jamaica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Swahili
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Proper noun
Jamaica
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Jamaica n (genitive Jamaicas)
Related terms
See also
References
Welsh
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jamaica f (not mutable)
Coordinate terms
Coordinate terms
- twinc Jamaica (“orangequit”)