Jamaica - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Taíno Xaymaca (“land of wood and water”), from Taino maca (“wood”).
Jamaica
- An island and country in the Caribbean
- → Japanese: ジャマイカ (Jamaika)
country in the Caribbean
- Afrikaans: Jamaika
- Albanian: Xhamajkë f
- Amharic: ጃማይካ (ǧamayka)
- Antillean Creole: Jamayik f, Janmayik f
- Arabic: جَامَايْكَا f (jamaykā)
- Aragonese: Chamaica f
- Armenian: Ճամայկա (Čamayka)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓ̰ܲܡܵܝܟܵܐ f (jāmayka)
- Asturian: Xamaica (ast) f
- Azerbaijani: Yamayka (az)
- Basque: Jamaika
- Belarusian: Яма́йка f (Jamájka)
- Bengali: জামাইকা (bn) (jamaika)
- Breton: Jamaika
- Bulgarian: Яма́йка f (Jamájka)
- Burmese: ဂျမေကာ (gya.meka)
- Catalan: Jamaica (ca) f
- Cherokee: ᏣᎺᎢᎧ (tsameika)
- Chinese:
- Cornish: Jamayka
- Corsican: Giamaica f, Ghjamaica f
- Czech: Jamajka (cs) f
- Danish: Jamaica
- Dutch: Jamaica (nl) n
- Esperanto: Jamajko (eo)
- Estonian: Jamaica (et)
- Farefare: Zameeka, Samaika, Zamaika
- Finnish: Jamaika (fi)
- French: Jamaïque (fr) f
- Galician: Xamaica (gl) f
- Georgian: იამაიკა (ka) (iamaiḳa)
- German: Jamaika (de) n
- Greek: Τζαμάικα (el) f (Tzamáika)
- Guianese Creole: Janmayk f
- Hawaiian: Iāmaika, Iāmeka
- Hebrew: גָ'מַיְקָה / ג׳מייקה f (jameika)
- Hindi: जमैका (hi) (jamaikā)
- Hungarian: Jamaica (hu)
- Icelandic: Jamaíka (is)
- Ido: Jamaika (io)
- Indonesian: Jamaika (id)
- Interlingua: Jamaica
- Inuktitut: ᔭᒪᐃᑲ (yamaika)
- Irish: Iamáice f
- Italian: Giamaica (it) f
- Jamaican Creole: Jumieka, Jamieka
- Japanese: ジャマイカ (ja) (Jamaika)
- Kalenjin: Jamaika
- Kamba: Jamaika
- Kashmiri: जमैका (jamaikā)
- Kazakh: Жәмәйке (Jämäike)
- Khmer: ហ្សាម៉ាអ៊ីក (km) (zaamaaʼiik), ចាម៉ៃកា (caamaykaa)
- Kikuyu: Jamaika
- Korean: 자메이카 (ko) (Jameika), 져메이커 (ko) (Jeomeikeo) (North Korea)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: Jamaîka
- Kyrgyz: Ямайка (ky) (Yamayka), Жамайка (ky) (Jamayka)
- Lao: ຈາໄມກາ (chā mai kā)
- Latin: Iamaica f
- Latvian: Jamaika f
- Lithuanian: Jamaika (lt) f
- Low German:
- Luhya: Jamaika
- Luo: Jamaika
- Macedonian: Јамајка (mk) (Jamajka)
- Malay: Jamaika (ms)
- Maltese: Ġammajka
- Manx: Yn Yamaicey f
- Maori: Hamaika, Hemeika
- Maranao: Diyamayka
- Meru: Jamaika
- Mongolian: Ямайк (mn) (Jamajk)
- Nauruan: Jamaica
- Navajo: Jaméíkʼa
- Norman: Jamaïque f
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: Jamaica (oc) f
- Pashto: جمايکا (jāmāykā)
- Persian: جامائیکا (jâmâ'ikâ)
- Picard: Jamaïke f
- Piedmontese: Giamàica
- Polish: Jamajka (pl) f
- Portuguese: Jamaica (pt)
- Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
- Romanian: Jamaica (ro) f
- Romansch: Giamaica f
- Russian: Яма́йка (ru) f (Jamájka)
- S'gaw Karen: Jamaika
- Sanskrit: जमैका (jamaikā)
- Sardinian: Giamàica f
- Scots: Jamaica, Jamaicae
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sicilian: Giamaica f
- Sinhalese: ජැමෙයිකාව (jæmeyikāwa)
- Slovak: Jamajka (sk) f
- Slovene: Jamájka (sl) f
- Spanish: Jamaica (es) f
- Swahili: Jamaica (sw), Jamaika (sw)
- Swedish: Jamaica (sv)
- Tagalog: Hamayka (tl)
- Tajik: Ямайка (tg) (Yamayka)
- Tamil: யமேக்கா (yamēkkā)
- Thai: จาเมกา (th) (jaa-mee-gâa)
- Tibetan: ཡ་མས་ཁ (ya mas kha)
- Turkish: Jamaika (tr)
- Turkmen: Ýamaýka
- Ukrainian: Яма́йка (uk) f (Jamájka)
- Urdu: جمیکا (jamaikā)
- Uyghur: يامايكا (yamayka)
- Uzbek: Yamayka (uz)
- Vietnamese: Ha-mai-ca, Gia-mai-ca
- Volapük: Camekeän (vo)
- Walloon: Djamayike
- Welsh: Jamaica (cy)
- West Frisian: Jamaika (fy) n
- Yiddish: דזשאַמייקע (dzhameyke), יאַמײַקע (yamayke)
- Yoruba: Jamaika
- Zazaki: Cameika (Southern Zazaki)
- 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
After Kuchamakin, a Massachusett leader; from Massachusett.[1]
Jamaica
- Jamaica Plain, Boston, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
From the Massachusett word for “beaver”, tummunk. Compare next etymology. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 4.
Jamaica
- Jamaica, Vermont, a town in Vermont.
From earlier Jamaco, Jemaco, Jameco, borrowed from Munsee amoxkw (“beaver”), or another Lenape language. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 3.
Jamaica
- Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood of Queens, New York.
- ^ “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
Jamaica f
Jamaica
- Jamaica (a country in North America)
Jamaica
Borrowed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
- (Northern Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˌdʒaːˈmɑi̯.kaː/, /ˌjaːˈmɑi̯.kaː/
- (Limburg) IPA(key): /(d)ʒaː.mɛɪ̯.kaː/
- Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca
Jamaica n
Jamaica
| 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 | — |
From Taíno Xaymaca (“land of wood and water”).[1]
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
- Hyphenation: Ja‧mai‧ca
Jamaica f
Jamaica ?
- → Tagalog: Hamayka
- “Jamaica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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Jamaica n (genitive Jamaicas)