Etymology

Jamaican

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Today it means: A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent. Full definition →

English Jamaica ← Taíno Xaymaca (land of wood and water)
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The story

  1. Taínomaca (wood)
  2. TaínoXaymaca (land of wood and water)
  3. EnglishJamaica
  4. English todayJamaican

From Jamaica + -an.

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