Jamaica
English
editPronunciation
edit- 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
editDerived from Taíno Xaymaca (“land of wood and water”), from Taíno maca (“wood”).
Alternative forms
editProper noun
editJamaica
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Japanese: ジャマイカ (Jamaika)
Translations
editcountry in the Caribbean
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See also
editFurther reading
editEtymology 2
editAfter Kuchamakin, a Massachusett leader; from Massachusett.[1]
Proper noun
editJamaica
- Jamaica Plain, Boston, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Etymology 3
editFrom the Massachusett word for “beaver”, tummunk. Compare next etymology. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 4.
Proper noun
editJamaica
- Jamaica, Vermont, a town in Vermont.
Etymology 4
editFrom earlier Jamaco, Jemaco, Jameco, borrowed from Munsee amoxkw (“beaver”), or another Lenape language. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 3.
Proper noun
editJamaica
- Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood of Queens, New York.
References
edit- ^ “Jamaica Plain Historical Society - Native Americans in Jamaica Plain”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2010 April 12 (last accessed), archived from the original on 3 December 2011
Catalan
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editJamaica f
Related terms
editCentral Nahuatl
editProper noun
editJamaica
Danish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editJamaica
Related terms
editDutch
editEtymology
editUltimately derived from Taíno Xaymaca.
Pronunciation
edit- (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
editJamaica n
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editJamaica
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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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 |
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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
editSee also
editJamaican Creole
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Taíno Xaymaca (“land of wood and water”).[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editJamaica
Related terms
editReferences
editNorwegian Bokmål
editProper noun
editJamaica
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editNorwegian Nynorsk
editProper noun
editJamaica
Related terms
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca
Proper noun
editJamaica f
Derived terms
editSpanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editJamaica ?
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Tagalog: Hamayka
Further reading
edit- “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
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editJamaica
Swedish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editJamaica n (genitive Jamaicas)
Related terms
editReferences
editWelsh
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editJamaica f (not mutable)
Coordinate terms
editCoordinate terms
edit- twinc Jamaica (“orangequit”)
Categories:
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English 4-syllable words
- Rhymes:English/eɪkə
- Rhymes:English/eɪkə/3 syllables
- English terms derived from Taíno
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Jamaica
- en:Islands
- en:Countries in the Caribbean
- English terms derived from Massachusett
- English doublets
- en:Towns in Vermont, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Vermont, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English terms derived from Munsee
- English terms derived from Lenape languages
- en:Neighborhoods of Queens
- en:Places in Queens
- en:Places in New York City
- en:Places in New York, USA
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- ca:Jamaica
- ca:Islands
- ca:Countries in the Caribbean
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhn:Jamaica
- nhn:Islands
- nhn:Countries in the Caribbean
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Danish/a
- Rhymes:Danish/a/3 syllables
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish terms spelled with C
- da:Jamaica
- da:Islands
- da:Countries in the Caribbean
- Dutch terms derived from Taíno
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Jamaica
- nl:Islands
- nl:Countries in the Caribbean
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with manual IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/kɒ
- Rhymes:Hungarian/kɒ/4 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Jamaica
- hu:Islands
- hu:Countries in the Caribbean
- Jamaican Creole terms derived from Taíno
- Jamaican Creole terms with IPA pronunciation
- Jamaican Creole lemmas
- Jamaican Creole proper nouns
- jam:Jamaica
- jam:Islands
- jam:Countries in the Caribbean
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with C
- nb:Jamaica
- nb:Islands
- nb:Countries in the Caribbean
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with C
- nn:Jamaica
- nn:Islands
- nn:Countries in the Caribbean
- Portuguese terms derived from Arawakan languages
- Portuguese terms derived from Taíno
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Jamaica
- pt:Islands
- pt:Countries in the Caribbean
- Spanish terms derived from Arawakan languages
- Spanish terms derived from Taíno
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aika
- Rhymes:Spanish/aika/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- es:Jamaica
- es:Islands
- es:Countries in the Caribbean
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili proper nouns
- sw:Jamaica
- sw:Islands
- sw:Countries in the Caribbean
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Jamaica
- sv:Islands
- sv:Countries in the Caribbean
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh proper nouns
- Welsh non-mutable terms
- Welsh terms spelled with J
- Welsh feminine nouns
- cy:Jamaica
- cy:Islands
- cy:Countries in the Caribbean