Accompong
English
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Etymology
editBorrowed from Jamaican Creole Accompong, from Akan Acheampong.
Proper noun
editAccompong
- A village in Saint Elizabeth parish, Jamaica.
Jamaican Creole
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom the name of an early Maroon leader, probably from Akan Onyaŋkõmpoŋ.[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editAccompong
- Accompong. A historical Maroon village located in the Cockpit Country in Jamaica.[2]
References
edit- ^ Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page (2002) Dictionary of Jamaican English[1] (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 3
- ^ openstreetmap.org
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