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Name Jamaica
Type Country & Island
Usage Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Hungarian, Malay, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish
Pronounced Pron. /ʒə.ˈmaj.kə/(Catalan) /d͡ʒa.ˈmaj.ka/(Catalan) /ˌdʒaː.ˈmɑi̯.kaː/(Dutch) /ˌjaː.ˈmɑi̯.kaː/(Dutch) /dʒə.ˈmeɪ.kə/(English) /ˈjɒ.mɒ.ji.kɒ/(Hungarian) /ʒa.ˈmaj.kɐ/(Brazilian Portuguese) /xa.ˈmai̯.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.