jamaica

jamaica · noun¹

1. Spanish · borrowed fromjamaica
2. Spanish · borrowed fromjamaica
3. English todayjamaica

Borrowed from Spanish jamaica.

Jamaica · proper noun²

1. Taínomaca (wood)
2. TaínoXaymaca (land of wood and water)
3. English todayJamaica

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

Jamaica · proper noun³

After Kuchamakin, a Massachusett leader; from Massachusett.

Jamaica · proper noun⁴

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

Jamaica · proper noun⁵

1. Lenape · derived from
2. Munsee · derived fromamoxkw“beaver”
3. English todayJamaica

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