Jamaicaとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

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

別の表記

• Jomayca (Jamaican English)

固有名詞

Jamaica

2. A country in the Caribbean
3. The island comprising most of that country

派生語

参考

• Kingston
• (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States

Further reading

• Jamaica on Wikipedia.

語源 2

After Kuchamakin, a Massachusett leader; from Massachusett.^[1]

固有名詞

Jamaica

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

語源 3

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

固有名詞

Jamaica

1. Jamaica, Vermont, a town in Vermont.

語源 4

Originally Jameco, from Unami tëmakwe (“beaver”) or a cognate from another Lenape language. Compare previous etymology. Doublet of Tamaqua and Etymology 3.

固有名詞

Jamaica

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

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