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Jamaican

/d͡ʒəˈmeɪkən/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Ellipsis of Jamaican Creole.
  2. A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.
  3. Ellipsis of Jamaican English.
  4. Of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree English Jamaica Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Jamaican From Jamaica + -an.

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