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jamaica

/d͡ʒəˈmeɪ.kə/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about jamaica at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism.
  2. An island in the West Indies to the south of Cuba and to the west of Haiti.

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish jamaica.

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