Jamaica
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: jə-mā'kə, IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈmeɪ.kə/
Audio (US) (file)
Alternative forms
- Jomayca (Jamaican English)
- Jamacia (misspelling)
Derived terms
Translations
country in the Caribbean
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See also
- Kingston
- (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America
Etymology 2
After Kuchamakin, a Massachusett leader; from Massachusett.[1]
Etymology 3
From the Massachusett word for “beaver”, tummunk. Compare next etymology. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 4.
Etymology 4
Originally Jameco, from Unami tëmakwe (“beaver”) or a cognate from another Lenape language. Compare previous etymology. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 3.
References
- “Jamaica Plain Historical Society - Native Americans in Jamaica Plain”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2010 April 12 (last accessed), archived from the original on 3 December 2011
Catalan
Pronunciation
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Central Nahuatl
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɕa.mɑj.ˈka/
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- (Northern Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˌdʒaːˈmɑi̯.kaː/, /ˌjaːˈmɑi̯.kaː/
- (Limburg) IPA(key): /(d)ʒaː.mɛɪ̯.kaː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjɒmɒjikɒ]
- Hyphenation: Ja‧ma‧i‧ca
- Rhymes: -kɒ
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Jamaica | — |
| accusative | Jamaicát | — |
| dative | Jamaicának | — |
| instrumental | Jamaicával | — |
| causal-final | Jamaicáért | — |
| translative | Jamaicává | — |
| terminative | Jamaicáig | — |
| essive-formal | Jamaicaként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Jamaicában | — |
| superessive | Jamaicán | — |
| adessive | Jamaicánál | — |
| illative | Jamaicába | — |
| sublative | Jamaicára | — |
| allative | Jamaicához | — |
| elative | Jamaicából | — |
| delative | Jamaicáról | — |
| ablative | Jamaicától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Jamaicáé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Jamaicáéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Jamaica | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Jamaicám | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Jamaicád | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Jamaicája | — |
| 1st person plural | Jamaicánk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Jamaicátok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Jamaicájuk | — |
Derived terms
- jamaicai
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
- Jamieka, Jumieka
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒʌˈmʲeːka/, /d͡ʒaˈmʲeːka/
- Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca
Proper noun
Jamaica
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References
- Harry S. Pariser (1990) Jamaica: A Visitor's Guide (in English), →ISBN, page 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." […] ””
Norwegian Bokmål
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Norwegian Nynorsk
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒaˈmaj.kɐ/ [ʒaˈmaɪ̯.kɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒaˈmaj.ka/ [ʒaˈmaɪ̯.ka]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɐˈmaj.kɐ/
- Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xaˈmaika/ [xaˈmai̯.ka]
- (Castilian)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aika
- Syllabification: Ja‧mai‧ca
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: Hamayka
Further reading
- “Jamaica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
Swedish
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