Jamaica

jamaica jamaicà English Pronunciation jə-mā′kə en /d͡ʒəˈmeɪ.kə/ RP,GenAm,CanE en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Jamaica.wav UK en en-us-Jamaica.ogg US en /d͡ʒəˈmæɪ.kə/ AuE,NZE en /d͡ʒəˈme.kə/ ScE en eɪkə 3 en Ja mai ca Etymology 1 en :bor tnq:Xaymaca<<tr:land of wood and water><ety:der<tnq:maca<tr:wood>>> 1 en tnq Xaymaca land of wood and water, from tnq maca wood. Alternative forms en Jomayca Jamaican English en Jamacia misspelling Proper noun en Q766en island/and/country r/Caribbean. en Zoe Sottile He was born to a US citizen soldier on an army base in Germany. Now he’s been deported to Jamaica, a country he’d never been to w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/us/jamaica-deportation-migrant-ice-us 2025-07-08 Thomas says the saga resulting in him being stranded and homeless in Jamaica started in February, when he was evicted from the apartment he shared with friends in Killeen, Texas, about an hour north of Austin. https://web.archive.org/web/20250817025253/https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/us/jamaica-deportation-migrant-ice-us 17 August 2025 Derived terms en Jam. Jamaica Bay Jamaica bullace plum Jamaica Channel Jamaica coalition Jamaica Estates Jamaica ginger Jamaican Jamaica pepper Jamaica Plain Jamaica plum Jamaica rose Jamaica train Jamaica walnut jamaicin jamaicine Jawaiian Descendants ja 1 ジャマイカ Jamaika Translations Q766 country in the Caribbean Afrikaans: af Jamaika Albanian: sq Xhamajkë f Amharic: am ጃማይካ Antillean Creole: gcf Jamayik f, gcf Janmayik f Arabic: ar جَامَايْكَا f jamaykā Aragonese: an Chamaica f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܓ̰ܲܡܵܝܟܵܐ jāmayka f Armenian: hy Ճամայկա Asturian: ast Xamaica f Azerbaijani: az Yamayka Basque: eu Jamaika Belarusian: be Яма́йка f Bengali: bn জামাইকা Breton: br Jamaika Bulgarian: bg Яма́йка f Burmese: my ဂျမေကာ Catalan: ca Jamaica f Cherokee: chr ᏣᎺᎢᎧ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 牙買加 Cornish: kw Jamayka Corsican: co Giamaica f, co Ghjamaica f Crimean Tatar: crh Camayka Czech: cs Jamajka f Danish: da Jamaica Dutch: nl Jamaica n Esperanto: eo Jamajko Estonian: et Jamaica Farefare: gur Zameeka, gur Samaika, gur Zamaika Finnish: fi Jamaika French: fr Jamaïque f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Jamaika n Gagauz: gag Yamayka Galician: gl Xamaica f Georgian: ka იამაიკა German: de Jamaika n Greek: el Τζαμάικα f Guianese Creole: gcr Janmayk f Hawaiian: haw Iāmaika, haw Iāmeka Hebrew: he ג׳מייקה f jameika גָ'מַיְקָה / ג׳מייקה Hindi: hi जमैका Hungarian: hu Jamaica Icelandic: is Jamaíka Ido: io Jamaika Indonesian: id Jamaika Interlingua: ia Jamaica Inuktitut: iu ᔭᒪᐃᑲ Irish: ga Iamáice f Italian: it Giamaica f Jamaican Creole: jam Jumieka, jam Jamieka Japanese: ja ジャマイカ Jamaika Kalenjin: kln Jamaika Kamba: kam Jamaika Kannada: kn ಜಮೈಕ Karakalpak: kaa Yamayka Karen: S'gaw Karen: ksw Jamaika Kashmiri: ks जमैका Kazakh: kk Жәмәйке, kk Ямайка Khmer: km ហ្សាម៉ាអ៊ីក, km ចាម៉ៃកា Kikuyu: ki Jamaika Korean: ko ^자메이카, ko ^져메이커 North Korea Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb جامایکا Northern Kurdish: kmr Jamaîka Kyrgyz: ky Ямайка, ky Жамайка Lao: lo ຈາໄມກາ Latin: la Iamaica f Latvian: lv Jamaika f Lithuanian: lt Jamaika f Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Jamaika German Low German: nds-de Jamaika Luhya: luy Jamaika Luo: luo Jamaika Macedonian: mk Јамајка Malay: ms Jamaika Malayalam: ml ജമൈക്ക Maltese: mt Ġammajka, mt Ġamajka f Manx: gv Jamaicey f Yn Yamaicey Māori: mi Hamaika, mi Hemeika Maranao: mrw Diyamayka Mauritian Creole: mfe Zamaik Meru: mer Jamaika Mongolian: mn Ямайк Nauruan: na Jamaica Navajo: nv Jaméíkʼa Norman: nrf Jamaïque f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Jamaica Nynorsk: nn Jamaica Occitan: oc Jamaica f Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Ямайка f Pashto: ps جمايکا jāmāykā Persian: fa جامائیکا jâmâ'ikâ Picard: pcd Jamaïke f Piedmontese: pms Giamàica Polish: pl Jamajka f Portuguese: pt Jamaica Romagnol: rgn Romanian: ro Jamaica f Romansh: rm Giamaica f Russian: ru Яма́йка f Sanskrit: sa जमैका Sardinian: sc Giamàica f Scots: sco Jamaica, sco Jamaicae Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Јамајка f Latin: sh Jamajka f Sicilian: scn Giamaica f Sinhalese: si ජැමෙයිකාව Slovak: sk Jamajka f Slovene: sl Jamájka f Spanish: es Jamaica f Swahili: sw Jamaica, sw Jamaika Swedish: sv Jamaica Tagalog: tl Hamayka Tajik: tg Ямайка Tamil: ta யமேக்கா, ta ஜமேக்கா, ta ஜமைக்கா Telugu: te జమైకా Thai: th จาเมกา Tibetan: bo ཡ་མས་ཁ Turkish: tr Jamaika Turkmen: tk Ýamaýka Ukrainian: uk Яма́йка f Urdu: ur جمیکا jamaikā Uyghur: ug يامايكا Uzbek: uz Yamayka Vietnamese: vi Ha-mai-ca, vi Gia-mai-ca Volapük: vo Camekeän Walloon: wa Djamayike Welsh: cy Jamaica Yiddish: yi דזשאַמייקע, yi יאַמײַקע Yoruba: yo Jàmáíkà Zazaki: zza Cameika Southern Zazaki See also en Kingston Further reading Etymology 2 After Kuchamakin, a Massachusett leader; from en wam -.Jamaica Plain Historical Society - Native Americans in Jamaica Plain http://www.jphs.org/colonial/native-americans-in-jamaica-plain.html 12 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20111203201513/http://www.jphs.org/colonial/native-americans-in-jamaica-plain.html 3 December 2011 Proper noun Jamaica Plain, Boston, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Etymology 3 From the en wam - word for “beaver”, wam tummunk. Compare next etymology. en Tamaqua and Etymology 4. Proper noun en town co/Windham County s/Vermont. See Jamaica, Vermont Etymology 4 +, Queens From earlier en Jamaco, en Jemaco, en Jameco, borrowed from en umu amoxkw beaver, or another en del language. en Tamaqua and Etymology 3. Proper noun en neighborhood bor/Queens s/New York. See Jamaica, Queens TopoZone: Jamaica, New York References Catalan ca: Etymology ca :bor en:Jamaica ca en Jamaica. Pronunciation ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Jamaica.wav Valencia ca Ja mai ca Proper noun f ca Jamaica Q766 Related terms ca jamaicà Central Nahuatl Etymology nhn :ubor en:Jamaica nhn en Jamaica. Proper noun nhn proper noun nhn Jamaica Q766 Danish da: Etymology da :ubor en:Jamaica da en Jamaica. Pronunciation da /ɕa.mɑjˈka/ da a 3 da Ja mai ca Proper noun da proper noun da Jamaica Q766 Related terms da jamaicaner da jamaicansk Dutch nl: Etymology nl :ubor en:Jamaica nl en Jamaica. Pronunciation nl /ˌdʒaːˈmɑi.kaː/ /ˌjaːˈmɑi.kaː/ Northern Netherlands nl /ʒaː.mɛɪ.kaː/ /dʒaː.mɛɪ.kaː/ Limburg nl Nl-Jamaica.ogg nl Ja mai ca Proper noun n nl Jamaica Q766 Estonian et: Etymology et en Jamaica. Pronunciation jaˈmaika Proper noun Jamaica Jamaicat et Jamaica Q766 Declension Jamaica sg Hungarian hu: Etymology hu :ubor en:Jamaica hu en Jamaica. Pronunciation jamaika hu kɒ 4 hu Ja ma i ca Proper noun hu proper noun hu Jamaica Q766 Declension Jamaicá o sgJamaicá sg Derived terms hu jamaicai See also Jamaican Creole jam:Jumieka Alternative forms jam Jamieka Jumieka Jomieka Etymology From jam tnq Xaymaca land of wood and water.en Harry S. Pariser 1-55650-253-2 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." ” tnq Jamaica: A Visitor's Guide 1990 Pronunciation jam /d͡ʒʌˈmʲeːka/ /d͡ʒaˈmʲeːka/ jam Ja mai ca Proper noun jam propn jam Jamaica Q766 jam Jamdown Jamdung Jamrock Yard Related terms jam Jamaican References Malay ms: Etymology ms :ubor en:Jamaica ms en Jamaica. Pronunciation Ja.méi.ka Proper noun جامايکا ms Jamaica Q766 Noun a جامايکا Jamaican Adjective جامايکا Jamaican Norwegian Bokmål no: Etymology nb :ubor en:Jamaica nb en Jamaica. Proper noun nb proper noun nb Jamaica Q766 Related terms nb jamaicaner, nb jamaikaner nb jamaicansk, nb jamaikansk Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology nn :ubor en:Jamaica nn en Jamaica. Proper noun nn proper noun nn Jamaica Q766 Related terms nn jamaican, nn jamaikan nn jamaicanar, nn jamaikanar nn jamaicansk, nn jamaikansk Portuguese pt: Etymology pt :bor en:Jamaica 1 1 Pronunciation pt Ja mai ca Proper noun f pt Jamaica Q766 Derived terms pt jamaicano Romanian ro: Etymology ro :bor en:Jamaica + 1 Pronunciation ro /ʒaˈmaj.ka/ ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Jamaica.wav Proper noun f ro Jamaica Q766 Declension Jamaicăi Spanish es: Etymology es :bor en:Jamaica 1 1 Pronunciation +<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Millars-Jamaica.wav<a:Spain>> Proper noun f es Jamaica Q766 es Randi Kaye and David von Blohn El ICE renueva acuerdo con el centro de detención que, según la agencia, no cumplía las normas w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/06/20/eeuu/ice-renueva-acuerdo-centro-detencion-no-cumplia-normas-trax 2025-06-20 Michael Wallace, deportado a Jamaica, su país de origen, padece epilepsia. Michael Wallace, deported to Jamaica, his country of origin, suffers from epilepsy. https://web.archive.org/web/20260216174109/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/06/20/eeuu/ice-renueva-acuerdo-centro-detencion-no-cumplia-normas-trax 16 February 2026 Derived terms es canal de Jamaica pimienta de Jamaica Descendants tl Hamayka 1 See also Further reading Swahili sw: Alternative forms sw Jamaika Etymology sw :ubor en:Jamaica + 1 Pronunciation sw Sw-ke-Jamaica.flac Kenya Proper noun sw proper noun sw Jamaica Q766 Swedish sv: Etymology sv :ubor en:Jamaica sv en Jamaica. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Jamaica.wav Proper noun n sv Jamaica Q766 Related terms sv jamaican sv jamaicansk sv jamaikan sv jamaikansk See also References saol Svensk MeSH Welsh cy: Etymology cy :ubor en:Jamaica cy en Jamaica. Pronunciation cy /d͡ʒaˈmai̯ka/ Proper noun f cy Jamaica Q766 Coordinate terms Derived terms cy becard Jamaica Jamaican becard cy brân Jamaica Jamaican crow cy brych llygadwyn Jamaica white-eyed thrush cy cnocell Jamaica Jamaican woodpecker cy cog fadfallod Jamaica Jamaican lizard cuckoo cy cog Jamaica chestnut-bellied cuckoo cy euryn Jamaica Jamaican oriole cy fireo Jamaica Jamaican white-eyed vireo cy mango Jamaica Jamaican mango cy tanagr pêr Jamaica Jamaican euphonia cy todi Jamaica Jamaican tody cy tresglen Jamaica Jamaican blackbird cy twinc Jamaica orangequit cy tylluan Jamaica Jamaican owl