See also: jamaica and jamaicà

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  • enPR: jə-mā'kə, IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈmeɪ.kə/
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

From Taíno Xaymaca (land of wood and water), from Taino maca (wood).

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Jamaica

  1. An island and country in the Caribbean
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Etymology 2 edit

After Kuchamakin, a Massachusett leader; from Massachusett.[1]

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Jamaica

  1. Jamaica Plain, Boston, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Etymology 3 edit

From the Massachusett word for “beaver”, tummunk. Compare next etymology. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 4.

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Jamaica

  1. Jamaica, Vermont, a town in Vermont.

Etymology 4 edit

 Jamaica, Queens on Wikipedia

Originally Jameco, from Unami tëmakwe (beaver) or a cognate from another Lenape language. Compare previous etymology. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 3.

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Jamaica

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

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  1. ^ “Jamaica Plain Historical Society - Native Americans in Jamaica Plain”, in (please provide the title of the work)[1], accessed 12 April 2010, archived from the original on 2011-12-03

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Jamaica f

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

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Jamaica

  1. Jamaica (a country in North America)

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Jamaica

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

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Borrowed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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  • (Northern Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˌdʒaːˈmɑi̯.kaː/, /ˌjaːˈmɑi̯.kaː/
  • (Limburg) IPA(key): /(d)ʒaː.mɛɪ̯.kaː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca

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Jamaica n

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

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 Jamaica on Hungarian Wikipedia

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

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Jamaica

  1. Jamaica (a country in the Caribbean)

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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

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Etymology edit

From Taíno Xaymaca (land of wood and water).[1]

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

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Jamaica

  1. Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)
    Synonyms: Jamdown, Jamdung, Jamrock, Yard

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  1. ^
    1990, Harry S. Pariser, 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." []

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Jamaica

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

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Jamaica

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

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From Arawakan/Taíno xaymaca.

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

  • Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca

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Jamaica f

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

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From Arawakan/Taíno xaymaca.

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  • IPA(key): /xaˈmaika/ [xaˈmai̯.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aika
  • Syllabification: Ja‧mai‧ca

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Jamaica ?

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

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  • Tagalog: Hamayka

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Jamaica

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

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Jamaica n (genitive Jamaicas)

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

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