Jamaica

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• jə-mā′kə
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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈmeɪ.kə/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /d͡ʒəˈmæɪ.kə/
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• Scotland: /d͡ʒəˈme.kə/
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• jə-mā'kə
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• /d͡ʒəˈmeɪ.kə/
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• CMU ARPABET: JH AH0 M EY1 K AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Derived from Taíno Xaymaca (“land of wood and water”), from Taíno maca (“wood”).

After Kuchamakin, a Massachusett leader; from Massachusett.

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

From earlier Jamaco, Jemaco, Jameco, borrowed from Munsee amoxkw (“beaver”), or another Lenape language. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 3.

Borrowed from Spanish jamaica.

136 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Albanian: Xhamajkë — country in the Caribbean
• Amharic: ጃማይካ (ǧamayka) — country in the Caribbean
• Antillean Creole: Jamayik — country in the Caribbean
• Antillean Creole: Janmayik — country in the Caribbean
• Arabic: جَامَايْكَا (jamaykā) — country in the Caribbean
• Aragonese: Chamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓ̰ܲܡܵܝܟܵܐ (jāmayka) — country in the Caribbean
• Armenian: Ճամայկա (Čamayka) — country in the Caribbean
• Asturian: Xamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Azerbaijani: Yamayka — country in the Caribbean
• Basque: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Belarusian: Яма́йка (Jamájka) — country in the Caribbean
• Bengali: জামাইকা (jamaika) — country in the Caribbean
• Breton: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Bulgarian: Яма́йка (Jamájka) — country in the Caribbean
• Burmese: ဂျမေကာ (gya.meka) — country in the Caribbean
• Catalan: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Cherokee: ᏣᎺᎢᎧ (tsameika) — country in the Caribbean
• Chinese Mandarin: 牙買加 /牙买加 (Yámǎijiā) — country in the Caribbean
• Cornish: Jamayka — country in the Caribbean
• Corsican: Giamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Corsican: Ghjamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Czech: Jamajka — country in the Caribbean
• Danish: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Dutch: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Esperanto: Jamajko — country in the Caribbean
• Estonian: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Farefare: Zameeka — country in the Caribbean
• Farefare: Samaika — country in the Caribbean
• Farefare: Zamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Finnish: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• French: Jamaïque — country in the Caribbean
• West-Frisian: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Galician: Xamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Georgian: იამაიკა (iamaiḳa) — country in the Caribbean
• German: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Greek: Τζαμάικα (Tzamáika) — country in the Caribbean
• Guianese Creole: Janmayk — country in the Caribbean
• Hawaiian: Iāmaika — country in the Caribbean
• Hawaiian: Iāmeka — country in the Caribbean
• Hebrew: גָ׳מַיְקָה — country in the Caribbean
• Hebrew: ג׳מייקה (jameika) — country in the Caribbean
• Hindi: जमैका (jamaikā) — country in the Caribbean
• Hungarian: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Icelandic: Jamaíka — country in the Caribbean
• Ido: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Indonesian: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Interlingua: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Inuktitut: ᔭᒪᐃᑲ (yamaika) — country in the Caribbean
• Irish: Iamáice — country in the Caribbean
• Italian: Giamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Jamaican Creole: Jumieka — country in the Caribbean
• Jamaican Creole: Jamieka — country in the Caribbean
• Japanese: ジャマイカ (Jamaika) — country in the Caribbean
• Kalenjin: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Kamba: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• S'gaw Karen: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Kashmiri: जमैका (jamaikā) — country in the Caribbean
• Kazakh: Жәмәйке (Jämäike) — country in the Caribbean
• Khmer: ហ្សាម៉ាអ៊ីក (zaamaaʼiik) — country in the Caribbean
• Khmer: ចាម៉ៃកា (caamaykaa) — country in the Caribbean
• Kikuyu: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Korean: 자메이카 (Jameika) — country in the Caribbean
• Korean: 져메이커 (Jeomeikeo) — country in the Caribbean
• Northern Kurdish: Jamaîka — country in the Caribbean
• Kyrgyz: Ямайка (Yamayka) — country in the Caribbean
• Kyrgyz: Жамайка (Jamayka) — country in the Caribbean
• Lao: ຈາໄມກາ (chā mai kā) — country in the Caribbean
• Latin: Iamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Latvian: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Lithuanian: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Low German: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Luhya: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Luo: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Macedonian: Јамајка (Jamajka) — country in the Caribbean
• Malay: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Maltese: Ġammajka — country in the Caribbean
• Manx: Yn Yamaicey — country in the Caribbean
• Māori: Hamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Māori: Hemeika — country in the Caribbean
• Maranao: Diyamayka — country in the Caribbean
• Meru: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Mongolian: Ямайк (Jamajk) — country in the Caribbean
• Nauruan: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Navajo: Jaméíkʼa — country in the Caribbean
• Norman: Jamaïque — country in the Caribbean
• Norwegian Bokmål: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Occitan: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Pannonian Rusyn: Ямайка (Jamajka) — country in the Caribbean
• Pashto: جمايکا (jāmāykā) — country in the Caribbean
• Persian: جامائیکا (jâmâ'ikâ) — country in the Caribbean
• Picard: Jamaïke — country in the Caribbean
• Piedmontese: Giamàica — country in the Caribbean
• Polish: Jamajka — country in the Caribbean
• Portuguese: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Romanian: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Romansh: Giamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Russian: Яма́йка (Jamájka) — country in the Caribbean
• Sanskrit: जमैका (jamaikā) — country in the Caribbean
• Sardinian: Giamàica — country in the Caribbean
• Scots: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Scots: Jamaicae — country in the Caribbean
• Serbo-Croatian: Јамајка — country in the Caribbean
• Serbo-Croatian: Jamajka — country in the Caribbean
• Sicilian: Giamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Sinhalese: ජැමෙයිකාව (jæmeyikāwa) — country in the Caribbean
• Slovak: Jamajka — country in the Caribbean
• Slovene: Jamájka — country in the Caribbean
• Spanish: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Swahili: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Swahili: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Swedish: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Tagalog: Hamayka — country in the Caribbean
• Tajik: Ямайка (Yamayka) — country in the Caribbean
• Tamil: யமேக்கா (yamēkkā) — country in the Caribbean
• Tamil: ஜமேக்கா (jamēkkā) — country in the Caribbean
• Tamil: ஜமைக்கா (jamaikkā) — country in the Caribbean
• Thai: จาเมกา (jaa-mee-gâa) — country in the Caribbean
• Tibetan: ཡ་མས་ཁ (ya mas kha) — country in the Caribbean
• Turkish: Jamaika — country in the Caribbean
• Turkmen: Ýamaýka — country in the Caribbean
• Ukrainian: Яма́йка (Jamájka) — country in the Caribbean
• Urdu: جمیکا (jamaikā) — country in the Caribbean
• Uyghur: يامايكا (yamayka) — country in the Caribbean
• Uzbek: Yamayka — country in the Caribbean
• Vietnamese: Ha-mai-ca — country in the Caribbean
• Vietnamese: Gia-mai-ca — country in the Caribbean
• Volapük: Camekeän — country in the Caribbean
• Walloon: Djamayike — country in the Caribbean
• Welsh: Jamaica — country in the Caribbean
• Yiddish: דזשאַמייקע (dzhameyke) — country in the Caribbean
• Yiddish: יאַמײַקע (yamayke) — country in the Caribbean
• Yoruba: Jàmáíkà — country in the Caribbean
• Zazaki: Cameika — country in the Caribbean