Jamaica
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Taíno Xaymaca (“land of wood and water”), from Taino maca (“wood”).
Alternative forms
editProper noun
editJamaica
- An island and country in the Caribbean
Derived terms
editDerived terms
Translations
editcountry in the Caribbean
|
See also
edit- Kingston
- (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America
Further reading
editEtymology 2
editAfter Kuchamakin, a Massachusett leader; from Massachusett.[1]
Proper noun
editJamaica
- Jamaica Plain, Boston, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Etymology 3
editFrom the Massachusett word for “beaver”, tummunk. Compare next etymology. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 4.
Proper noun
editJamaica
- Jamaica, Vermont, a town in Vermont.
Etymology 4
edit
From earlier Jamaco, Jemaco, Jameco, borrowed from Munsee amoxkw (“beaver”), or another Lenape language. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 3.
Proper noun
editJamaica
- Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood of Queens, New York.
References
edit- ^ “Jamaica Plain Historical Society - Native Americans in Jamaica Plain”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2010 April 12 (last accessed), archived from the original on 3 December 2011
Catalan
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒəˈmaj.kə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒaˈmaj.ka]
Audio (Valencia): (file)
Proper noun
editJamaica f
Related terms
editCentral Nahuatl
editProper noun
editJamaica
- Jamaica (a country in North America)
Danish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editJamaica
Related terms
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
edit- (Northern Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˌdʒaːˈmɑi̯.kaː/, /ˌjaːˈmɑi̯.kaː/
- (Limburg) IPA(key): /(d)ʒaː.mɛɪ̯.kaː/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca
Proper noun
editJamaica n
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editJamaica
Declension
edit| 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
editJamaican Creole
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Taíno Xaymaca (“land of wood and water”).[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editJamaica
Related terms
editReferences
editNorwegian Bokmål
editProper noun
editJamaica
Related terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editProper noun
editJamaica
Related terms
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca
Proper noun
editJamaica f
Derived terms
editSpanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editJamaica ?
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Tagalog: Hamayka
Further reading
edit- “Jamaica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editJamaica
Swedish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editJamaica n (genitive Jamaicas)
Derived terms
editDerived terms
Categories:
- Taíno terms with quotations
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English terms derived from Taíno
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Jamaica
- en:Islands
- en:Countries in North America
- en:Countries
- English terms derived from Massachusett
- English doublets
- en:Towns in Vermont, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Vermont, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English terms derived from Munsee
- English terms derived from Lenape languages
- en:Neighborhoods in New York, USA
- en:Places in New York, USA
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio links
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- ca:Jamaica
- ca:Islands
- ca:Countries in North America
- ca:Countries
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhn:Jamaica
- nhn:Countries in North America
- nhn:Countries
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish terms spelled with C
- da:Jamaica
- da:Islands
- da:Countries in North America
- da:Countries
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Jamaica
- nl:Islands
- nl:Countries in North America
- nl:Countries
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with manual IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/kɒ
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Jamaica
- hu:Countries in North America
- hu:Countries
- Jamaican Creole terms derived from Taíno
- Jamaican Creole terms with IPA pronunciation
- Jamaican Creole lemmas
- Jamaican Creole proper nouns
- jam:Jamaica
- jam:Islands
- jam:Countries in North America
- jam:Countries
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with C
- nb:Jamaica
- nb:Islands
- nb:Countries in North America
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with C
- nn:Jamaica
- nn:Islands
- nn:Countries in North America
- nn:Countries
- Portuguese terms derived from Arawakan languages
- Portuguese terms derived from Taíno
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Jamaica
- pt:Islands
- pt:Countries in North America
- pt:Countries
- Spanish terms derived from Arawakan languages
- Spanish terms derived from Taíno
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/aika
- Rhymes:Spanish/aika/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- es:Jamaica
- es:Islands
- es:Countries in North America
- es:Countries
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili proper nouns
- sw:Jamaica
- sw:Islands
- sw:Countries in North America
- sw:Countries
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Jamaica
- sv:Islands
- sv:Countries in North America
- sv:Countries