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Name Jamaica
Type Country & Island
Usage Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Hungarian, Malay, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish
Pronounced Pron. zhə-MIE-kə(Catalan) ja-MIE-ka(Catalan, Dutch) ya-MIE-ka(Dutch) jə-MAY-kə(English) YAW-maw-yee-kaw(Hungarian) zha-MIE-ku(Brazilian Portuguese) kha-MIE-ka(Spanish)
Other Forms FormsJamaika (Estonian)
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Meaning & History
From Taíno Xaymaca meaning "land of wood and water" or "land of springs". This is the name of an island country in the Caribbean.