Jamaican

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• jə-mā'kən
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• /d͡ʒəˈmeɪkən/
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• rhymes with -eɪkən
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• CMU ARPABET: JH AH0 M EY1 K AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: xamaicanu — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Bulgarian: ямайски (jamajski) — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Catalan: jamaicà — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Czech: jamajský — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Danish: jamaicansk — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Finnish: jamaikalainen — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• French: jamaïquain — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• French: jamaïcain — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Galician: xamaicano — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• German: jamaikanisch — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Greek: τζαμαϊκανός (tzamaïkanós) — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Ido: Jamaikana — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Irish: Iamácach — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Italian: giamaicano — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Jamaican Creole: Jumiekan — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Latin: Jamaicensis — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Manx: Jamaicagh — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Norwegian Bokmål: jamaicansk — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Norwegian Bokmål: jamaikansk — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Norwegian Nynorsk: jamaicansk — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Norwegian Nynorsk: jamaikansk — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Polish: jamajski — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Portuguese: jamaicano — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Romanian: jamaican — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Russian: яма́йский (jamájskij) — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Serbo-Croatian: jamajkanski — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Spanish: jamaicano — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Spanish: jamaiquino — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Swahili: Kijamaika — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Swedish: jamaicansk — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Ukrainian: яма́йський (jamájsʹkyj) — of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language
• Arabic: جامايكي — person of Jamaican descent
• Arabic: جامايكية — person of Jamaican descent
• Asturian: xamaicanu — person of Jamaican descent
• Asturian: xamaicana — person of Jamaican descent
• Bulgarian: ямаец (jamaec) — person of Jamaican descent
• Bulgarian: ямайка (jamajka) — person of Jamaican descent
• Bulgarian: ямайци (jamajci) — person of Jamaican descent
• Catalan: jamaicà — person of Jamaican descent
• Catalan: jamaicana — person of Jamaican descent
• Czech: Jamajčan — person of Jamaican descent
• Danish: jamaicaner — person of Jamaican descent
• Dutch: Jamaicaan — person of Jamaican descent
• Dutch: Jamaicaanse — person of Jamaican descent
• Esperanto: jamaikano — person of Jamaican descent
• Finnish: jamaikalainen — person of Jamaican descent
• French: Jamaïquain — person of Jamaican descent
• French: Jamaïcain — person of Jamaican descent
• French: Jamaïquaine — person of Jamaican descent
• Galician: xamaicano — person of Jamaican descent
• Galician: xamaicana — person of Jamaican descent
• German: Jamaikaner — person of Jamaican descent
• German: Jamaikanerin — person of Jamaican descent
• Greek: Τζαμαϊκανός (Tzamaïkanós) — person of Jamaican descent
• Greek: Τζαμαϊκανή (Tzamaïkaní) — person of Jamaican descent
• Ido: Jamaikano — person of Jamaican descent
• Irish: Iamácach — person of Jamaican descent
• Italian: giamaicano — person of Jamaican descent
• Italian: giamaicana — person of Jamaican descent
• Jamaican Creole: Jamaican — person of Jamaican descent
• Jamaican Creole: Jumiekan — person of Jamaican descent
• Manx: Jamaicagh — person of Jamaican descent
• Norwegian Bokmål: jamaicaner — person of Jamaican descent
• Norwegian Bokmål: jamaikaner — person of Jamaican descent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: jamaican — person of Jamaican descent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: jamaicanar — person of Jamaican descent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: jamaikan — person of Jamaican descent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: jamaikanar — person of Jamaican descent
• Polish: Jamajczyk — person of Jamaican descent
• Polish: Jamajka — person of Jamaican descent
• Portuguese: jamaicano — person of Jamaican descent
• Romanian: jamaican — person of Jamaican descent
• Romanian: jamaicană — person of Jamaican descent
• Russian: яма́ец (jamájec) — person of Jamaican descent
• Russian: жи́тель Яма́йки (žítelʹ Jamájki) — person of Jamaican descent
• Russian: жи́тельница Яма́йки (žítelʹnica Jamájki) — person of Jamaican descent
• Serbo-Croatian: Jamajčanin — person of Jamaican descent
• Serbo-Croatian: Jamajčanka — person of Jamaican descent
• Spanish: jamaicano — person of Jamaican descent
• Spanish: jamaicana — person of Jamaican descent
• Spanish: jamaiquino — person of Jamaican descent
• Swahili: Mjamaika — person of Jamaican descent
• Swedish: jamaican — person of Jamaican descent
• Swedish: jamaicanska — person of Jamaican descent
• Turkish: Jamaikalı — person of Jamaican descent
• Arabic: كَرِيُولِيَّة جَامَايْكِيَّة — creole language
• Arabic: اَلبَاتْوَا الْجَامَايْكِيَّة (al-bātwā l-jāmāykiyya) — creole language
• French: créole jamaïcain — creole language
• Galician: crioulo xamaicano — creole language
• German: Jamaika-Kreolisch — creole language
• German: Jamaika-Kreol — creole language
• Jamaican Creole: Patwa — creole language
• Jamaican Creole: Jumiekan — creole language
• Jamaican Creole: Jumiekan Kryuol — creole language
• Portuguese: crioulo jamaicano — creole language
• Spanish: criollo jamaiquino — creole language
• Jamaican Creole: Jamaican English — English
• Jamaican Creole: Jumiekan Ingglish — English