Jamaica

See also: jamaica and jamaicà

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: jə-mā′kə
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈmeɪ.kə/

  Audio (UK):

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  Audio (US):

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• (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 (Jamaican English)
• Jamacia (misspelling)

Proper noun

Jamaica

2. An island and country in the Caribbean.

Derived terms

• Jam.
• Jamaica Bay
• Jamaica Channel
• Jamaica coalition
• Jamaica ginger
• Jamaican
• Jamaica pepper
• Jamaica rose
• Jamaica train

Descendants

• → Japanese: ジャマイカ (Jamaika)

Translations

country in the Caribbean

• Afrikaans: Jamaika
• Albanian: Xhamajkë f
• Amharic: ጃማይካ (ǧamayka)
• Antillean Creole: Jamayik f, Janmayik f
• Arabic: جَامَايْكَا f (jamaykā)
• Aragonese: Chamaica f
• Armenian: Ճամայկա (Čamayka)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓ̰ܲܡܵܝܟܵܐ f (jāmayka)
• Asturian: Xamaica (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Yamayka (az)
• Basque: Jamaika
• Belarusian: Яма́йка f (Jamájka)
• Bengali: জামাইকা (bn) (jamaika)
• Breton: Jamaika
• Bulgarian: Яма́йка f (Jamájka)
• Burmese: ဂျမေကာ (gya.meka)
• Catalan: Jamaica (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᏣᎺᎢᎧ (tsameika)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牙買加 / 牙买加 (zh) (Yámǎijiā)

• Cornish: Jamayka
• Corsican: Giamaica f, Ghjamaica f
• Czech: Jamajka (cs) f
• Danish: Jamaica
• Dutch: Jamaica (nl) n
• Esperanto: Jamajko (eo)
• Estonian: Jamaica (et)
• Farefare: Zameeka, Samaika, Zamaika
• Finnish: Jamaika (fi)
• French: Jamaïque (fr) f
• Galician: Xamaica (gl) f
• Georgian: იამაიკა (ka) (iamaiḳa)
• German: Jamaika (de) n
• Greek: Τζαμάικα (el) f (Tzamáika)
• Guianese Creole: Janmayk f
• Hawaiian: Iāmaika, Iāmeka
• 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
• Inuktitut: ᔭᒪᐃᑲ (yamaika)
• Irish: Iamáice f
• Italian: Giamaica (it) f
• Jamaican Creole: Jumieka, Jamieka
• 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 (ko) (Jameika), 져메이커 (ko) (Jeomeikeo) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Jamaîka

• Kyrgyz: Ямайка (ky) (Yamayka), Жамайка (ky) (Jamayka)
• Lao: ຈາໄມກາ (chā mai kā)
• Latin: Iamaica f
• Latvian: Jamaika f
• Lithuanian: Jamaika (lt) f
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Jamaika

  German Low German: Jamaika

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

  Bokmål: Jamaica (no)

  Nynorsk: Jamaica (nn)

• Occitan: Jamaica (oc) f
• Pashto: جمايکا (jāmāykā)
• Persian: جامائیکا (jâmâ'ikâ)
• Picard: Jamaïke f
• Piedmontese: Giamàica
• Polish: Jamajka (pl) f
• Portuguese: Jamaica (pt)
• Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: Jamaica (ro) f
• Romansch: Giamaica f
• Russian: Яма́йка (ru) f (Jamájka)
• S'gaw Karen: Jamaika
• Sanskrit: जमैका (jamaikā)
• Sardinian: Giamàica f
• Scots: Jamaica, Jamaicae
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јамајка f

  Roman: Jamajka (sh) f

• Sicilian: Giamaica f
• 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, Gia-mai-ca
• Volapük: Camekeän (vo)
• Walloon: Djamayike
• Welsh: Jamaica (cy)
• West Frisian: Jamaika (fy) n
• Yiddish: דזשאַמייקע (dzhameyke), יאַמײַקע (yamayke)
• Yoruba: Jàmáíkà
• Zazaki: Cameika (Southern Zazaki)

See also

• Kingston

countries in North America (appendix)edit

• 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”, tummunk. Compare next etymology. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 4.

Proper noun

Jamaica

1. Jamaica, Vermont, a town in Vermont.

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

1. Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood of Queens, New York.

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca

Proper noun

Jamaica f

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

Related terms

• jamaicà

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕa.mɑjˈka/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

Related terms

• jamaicaner
• jamaicansk

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:

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• Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca

Proper noun

Jamaica n

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɒmɒjikɒ]
• Rhymes: -kɒ
• Hyphenation: Ja‧ma‧i‧ca

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	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	—

Possessive forms of Jamaica

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

countries in North America: Észak-Amerika országai (appendix)edit

• Amerikai Egyesült Államok
• Antigua és Barbuda
• Bahama-szigetek
• Barbados
• Dominikai Közösség
• Dominikai Köztársaság
• Grenada
• Haiti
• Jamaica
• Kanada
• Kuba
• Mexikó
• Saint Kitts és Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent és a Grenadine-szigetek
• Trinidad és Tobago

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• Jamieka, Jumieka

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʌˈmʲeːka/, /d͡ʒaˈmʲeːka/
• Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

   Synonyms: Jamdown, Jamdung, Jamrock, Yard

Related terms

• Jamaican

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

Related terms

• jamaicaner, jamaikaner
• jamaicansk, jamaikansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Jamaica

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

Related terms

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arawakan/Taíno xaymaca.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈmaj.kɐ/ [ʒaˈmaɪ̯.kɐ]

• (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

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

Derived terms

• jamaicano

Spanish

Etymology

From Arawakan/Taíno xaymaca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈmaika/ [xaˈmai̯.ka]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -aika
• Syllabification: Ja‧mai‧ca

Proper noun

Jamaica ?

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

Derived terms

• canal de Jamaica
• pimienta de Jamaica

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], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Alternative forms

• Jamaika

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Jamaica

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Jamaica n (genitive Jamaicas)

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

Related terms

• jamaican
• jamaicansk
• jamaikan
• jamaikansk

References

• Jamaica in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Welsh

Proper noun

Jamaica f (not mutable)

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

Coordinate terms

countries in North America: gwledydd Gogledd America (appendix)edit

• Antigwa a Barbiwda
• Barbados
• Canada
• Ciwba
• Dominica
• Grenada
• Gweriniaeth Dominica
• Haiti
• Jamaica
• Mecsico
• Sant Kitts-Nevis
• Sant Lwsia
• Sant Vincent a'r Grenadines
• Trinidad a Thobago
• Unol Daleithiau America
• y Bahamas

Coordinate terms

• twinc Jamaica (“orangequit”)