Jamaican

jamaican English Etymology en :af Jamaica -an + 1 Pronunciation jə-mā'kən, en /d͡ʒəˈmeɪkən/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Paul2520-Jamaican.wav Midwestern US en eɪkən 3 Noun en Q6127469 A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent. en person#Noun en Richard Reddick The part of Kamala Harris’ story that fills Jamaicans with pride w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/opinions/kamala-harris-story-fills-jamaicans-with-pride-reddick 2020-08-18 For many of the just over 1 million Americans who emigrated from Jamaica or are of Jamaican ancestry, like myself, the fact that Harris’ heritage is widely being discussed helps to diversify how Jamaicans are seen, by showing us in the political and academic realm. https://web.archive.org/web/20221006035704/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/18/opinions/kamala-harris-story-fills-jamaicans-with-pride-reddick en Q35939 en Jamaican Creole<id:Q35939>. en Jamaican Patois<id:Q35939> patois<id:Q35939> Patwa<id:Q35939> en creole<id:Q33289> < natural language<id:Q33742> < language<id:Q34770> en Q603200 en Jamaican English<id:Q603200>. en English<id:Q1860> < natural language<id:Q33742> < language<id:Q34770> Derived terms en Jafaican en Jamerican Translations person of Jamaican descent Arabic: ar جامايكي m, ar جامايكية f Asturian: ast xamaicanu m, ast xamaicana f Bulgarian: bg ямаец m, bg ямайка f, bg ямайци p Catalan: ca jamaicà m, ca jamaicana f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 牙買加人 Yámǎijiārén Czech: cs Jamajčan m Danish: da jamaicaner c Dutch: nl Jamaicaan m, nl Jamaicaanse f Esperanto: eo jamaikano Finnish: fi jamaikalainen French: fr Jamaïquain m, fr Jamaïcain m, fr Jamaïquaine f Galician: gl xamaicano m, gl xamaicana f German: de Jamaikaner m, de Jamaikanerin f Greek: el Τζαμαϊκανός m, el Τζαμαϊκανή f Ido: io Jamaikano Irish: ga Iamácach m Italian: it giamaicano m, it giamaicana f Jamaican Creole: jam Jamaican, jam Jumiekan Manx: gv Jamaicagh m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb jamaicaner m, nb jamaikaner m Nynorsk: nn jamaican m, nn jamaicanar m, nn jamaikan m, nn jamaikanar m Polish: pl Jamajczyk m, pl Jamajka f Portuguese: pt jamaicano m Romanian: ro jamaican m, ro jamaicană f Russian: ru яма́ец m, ru жи́тель Яма́йки m, ru жи́тельница Яма́йки f Serbo-Croatian: sh Jamajčanin m, sh Jamajčanka f Spanish: es jamaicano m, es jamaicana f, es jamaiquino m Swahili: sw Mjamaika Swedish: sv jamaican m, sv jamaicanska f Turkish: tr Jamaikalı creole language Jamaican Creole English Jamaican Creole: jam Jamaican English, jam Jumiekan Ingglish Adjective - Of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language. 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 his only option now is to apply for Jamaican citizenship through his late father. But he does not plan to, since “my life, my kids, my family is back in the States,” he said. 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 Jamaican ebony Jamaicanize * Jamaicanization Jamaicanness Jamaican apple Jamaican blind snake Jamaican hutia Jamaican dollar Jamaican patty Jamaican time Jamaican vomiting sickness Jamaican spindalis (Spindalis nigricephala species) Translations of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language Asturian: ast xamaicanu Bulgarian: bg ямайски m-p Catalan: ca jamaicà Czech: cs jamajský Danish: da jamaicansk Finnish: fi jamaikalainen French: fr jamaïquain, fr jamaïcain Galician: gl xamaicano German: de jamaikanisch Greek: el τζαμαϊκανός Ido: io Jamaikana Irish: ga Iamácach Italian: it giamaicano Jamaican Creole: jam Jumiekan Latin: la Jamaicensis Manx: gv Jamaicagh Norwegian: Bokmål: nb jamaicansk, nb jamaikansk Nynorsk: nn jamaicansk, nn jamaikansk Polish: pl jamajski m Portuguese: pt jamaicano Romanian: ro jamaican Russian: ru яма́йский Serbo-Croatian: sh jamajkanski Spanish: es jamaicano, es jamaiquino Swahili: sw Kijamaika Swedish: sv jamaicansk Ukrainian: uk яма́йський Further reading jam Jamaican Creole English en Jamaica Languages Nationalities Jamaican Creole Alternative forms jam Jamiekan Jumiekan Pronunciation jam /d͡ʒʌˈmʲeːkan/ /d͡ʒaˈmʲeːkan/ jam Ja mai can Adjective Jamaican jam A normal Jamaican ting dat. That's a normal Jamaican thing. en Zalika Reid-Benta 978-0-3497-0152-3 “ Yuh sure yuh a Jamaican gyal? ” jam Frying Plantain: Longlisted for the Giller Prize 2019 Girl, are you sure you're Jamaican? 2019 Noun Jamaican jam Mi haffi tell unnu dat mi a Jamaican. I must say (to you all) that I'm a Jamaican. jam Mervyn Morris 976-637-174-1 80 “ 'nutten eena di world nuh sweet like when fi mi Jamaican dem go fi spoke ” jam Making West Indian Literature nothing in the world is better than when Jamaicans attempt to speak eloquently 2005 Related terms jam Jamaica Further reading 311 jam Nationalities