# Jamaica
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: jə-mā'kə, IPA: /d͡ʒəˈmeɪ.kə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Taíno Xaymaca (“land of wood and water”), from Taino maca (“wood”).

#### Alternative forms

* Jomayca (Jamaican English)
* Jamacia (misspelling)

#### Proper noun

Jamaica
* An island and country in the Caribbean.

##### Derived terms

* Jam.
* Jamaica Channel
* Jamaica coalition
* Jamaica ginger
* Jamaican
* Jamaica pepper
* Jamaica rose
* Jamaica train

##### Descendants

* → Japanese: ジャマイカ (Jamaika)

##### Translations
#### See also

* Kingston
* 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

* Jamaica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 2

After Kuchamakin, a Massachusett leader; from Massachusett.

#### Proper noun

Jamaica
* Jamaica Plain, Boston, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

### Etymology 3

From the Massachusett word for “beaver”, tummunk. Compare next etymology. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 4.

#### Proper noun

Jamaica
* Jamaica, Vermont, a town in Vermont.

### Etymology 4

From earlier Jamaco, Jemaco, Jameco, borrowed from Munsee amoxkw (“beaver”), or another Lenape language. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 3.

#### Proper noun

Jamaica
* Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood of Queens, New York.

### 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

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ʒəˈmaj.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [d͡ʒaˈmaj.ka]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Proper noun

Jamaica f
* Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* jamaicà

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Jamaica
* Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɕa.mɑj.ˈka/

### Proper noun

Jamaica
* Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* jamaicaner
* jamaicansk

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* (Northern Netherlands) IPA: /ˌdʒaːˈmɑi̯.kaː/, /ˌjaːˈmɑi̯.kaː/
* (Limburg) IPA: /(d)ʒaː.mɛɪ̯.kaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca

### Proper noun

Jamaica n
* Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjɒmɒjikɒ]
* Hyphenation: Ja‧ma‧i‧ca
* Rhymes: -kɒ

### Proper noun

Jamaica
* Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Derived terms

* jamaicai

## Jamaican Creole
### Alternative forms

* Jamieka, Jumieka

### Etymology

From Taíno Xaymaca (“land of wood and water”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒʌˈmʲeːka/, /d͡ʒaˈmʲeːka/
* Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca

### Proper noun

Jamaica
* Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)
    Synonyms: Jamdown, Jamdung, Jamrock, Yard

#### Related terms

* Jamaican

### 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
### Proper noun

Jamaica
* Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* jamaicaner, jamaikaner
* jamaicansk, jamaikansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Jamaica
* Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* jamaican, jamaikan
* jamaicanar, jamaikanar
* jamaicansk, jamaikansk

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Arawakan/Taíno xaymaca.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʒaˈmaj.kɐ/ [ʒaˈmaɪ̯.kɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʒaˈmaj.kɐ/ [ʒaˈmaɪ̯.kɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʒaˈmaj.ka/ [ʒaˈmaɪ̯.ka]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʒɐˈmaj.kɐ/
* Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca

### Proper noun

Jamaica f
* Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Derived terms

* jamaicano

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Arawakan/Taíno xaymaca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xaˈmaika/ [xaˈmai̯.ka]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -aika
* Syllabification: Ja‧mai‧ca

### Proper noun

Jamaica ?
* Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Derived terms

* canal de Jamaica
* pimienta de Jamaica

#### Descendants

* → Tagalog: Hamayka

### Further reading

* “Jamaica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Alternative forms

* Jamaika

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Jamaica
* Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Jamaica n (genitive Jamaicas)
* Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* jamaican
* jamaicansk
* jamaikan
* jamaikansk

### References

* Jamaica in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Svensk MeSH

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Proper noun

Jamaica f (not mutable)
* Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

#### Coordinate terms

* Antigwa a Barbiwda
* Barbados
* Canada
* Ciwba
* Dominica
* Grenada
* Gweriniaeth Dominica
* Haiti
* Jamaica
* Mecsico
* Sant Kitts-Nevis
* Sant Lwsia
* Sant Vincent a'r Grenadines
* Trinidad a Thobago
* Unol Daleithiau America
* y Bahamas