Jamaica
/d͡ʒəˈmeɪ.kə/ · name
Meaning
- An island and country in the Caribbean.
- Jamaica Plain, Boston, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
- A town in Vermont. See Jamaica, Vermont on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- A neighborhood of Queens, New York. See Jamaica, Queens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- roselle
Etymology / origin
Derived from Taíno Xaymaca (“land of wood and water”), from Taíno maca (“wood”).
- Xaymaca(tnq)→
- Xaymaca(tnq)→
- Jamaica (English)
- Relations: der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- ܓܡܝܟܐ(Assyrian Neo-Aramaic) (bor)
- ဂျမေကာ(Burmese) (bor)
- Jamaika(Finnish) (der)
- ג׳מייקה(Hebrew) (bor)
- ジャマイカ(Japanese) (bor)
- ចាម៉ៃកា(Khmer) (bor)
- 자메이카(Korean) (bor)
- 져메이커(Korean) (bor)
- Jaméíkʼa(Navajo) (bor)
- Jamajka(Polish) (cog)
- จาเมกา(Thai) (bor)
- Ямайка(Ukrainian) (bor)
- Jameika(Yoruba) (bor)
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