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Jamaica

Ja·mai·ca

(jə-mā′kə)

An island country in the Caribbean Sea south of Cuba. Originally inhabited by Arawaks, it was visited by Columbus in 1494 and settled by the Spanish in 1509. The British captured the island in 1655, and it was formally ceded to Great Britain in 1670, becoming a crown colony in 1866. Jamaica became independent in 1962. Kingston is the capital and the largest city.

Ja·mai′can adj. & n.

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Jamaica

(dʒəˈmeɪkə)

(Placename) an island and state in the Caribbean: colonized by the Spanish from 1494 onwards, large numbers of Black slaves being imported; captured by the British in 1655 and established as a colony in 1866; gained full independence in 1962; a member of the Commonwealth. Exports: chiefly bauxite and alumina, sugar, and bananas. Official language: English. Religion: Protestant majority. Currency: Jamaican dollar. Capital: Kingston. Pop: 2 909 714 (2013 est). Area: 10 992 sq km (4244 sq miles)

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Ja•mai•ca

(dʒəˈmeɪ kə)

n.

1. an island in the West Indies, S of Cuba. 4413 sq. mi. (11,430 sq. km).

2. a republic coextensive with this island: formerly a British colony; became independent in 1962; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 2,652,443. Cap.: Kingston.

Ja•mai′can, adj., n.

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Noun	1.	Jamaica - a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism OAS, Organization of American States - an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation Rastafari, Rastas - (Jamaica) a Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woolen caps; use marijuana and listen to reggae music Caribbean - region including the Caribbean Islands Jamaica - an island in the West Indies to the south of Cuba and to the west of Haiti capital of Jamaica, Jamaican capital, Kingston - capital and largest city of Jamaica Montego Bay - port and resort city in northwestern Jamaica
	2.	Jamaica - an island in the West Indies to the south of Cuba and to the west of Haiti Greater Antilles - a group of islands in the western West Indies Jamaica - a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism Jamaican - a native or inhabitant of Jamaica

Translations

جامايكا

Ямайка

Jamaica

Jamajka

Jamaica

Jamaika

Τζαμάικα

Jamajko

Jamaica

Jamaica

جامائیکا

Jamaika

Jamaïque

ג'מייקה

Jamajka

Jamaica

Jamaika

Jamaíka

Giamaica giamaicano

ジャマイカ

자메이카

Iamaica

Jamaika

Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamajka

Jamaica

Jamaica

Ямайка

Jamajka

JamajkaЈамајка

Jamaica

Jamaika

ประเทศจาเมกา

Jamaika

Ямайка

Jamaica

Jamaica

[dʒəˈmeɪkə] N → Jamaica f

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Jamaica

[dʒəˈmeɪkə] n → Jamaïque f

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Jamaica

n → Jamaika nt

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Jamaica

[dʒəˈmeɪkə] n → la Giamaica

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Palfrey had not been inaccessible to flattery, and her husband, being also of mortal mould, would not, it might be hoped, be proof against rum--that very fine Jamaica rum--of which Mr.

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While they were doing this they discovered a lot of new and wonderful things that the pirates must have stolen from other ships: Kashmir shawls as thin as a cobweb, embroidered with flowers of gold; jars of fine tobacco from Jamaica; carved ivory boxes full of Russian tea; an old violin with a string broken and a picture on the back; a set of big chess-men, carved out of coral and amber; a walking-stick which had a sword inside it when you pulled the handle; six wine-glasses with turquoise and silver round the rims; and a lovely great sugar-bowl, made of mother o' pearl.

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Come closer and tell me all sorts of nice things about myself till we get to Jamaica, and then I'll tell you what I think of you.

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"And that's Queenie Colquhoun," she went on, turning the pages, "who took her coffin out with her to Jamaica, packed with lovely shawls and bonnets, because you couldn't get coffins in Jamaica, and she had a horror of dying there (as she did), and being devoured by the white ants.

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He got a post as overseer on an estate in Jamaica, but money to pay for his passage he had none.

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'Now, Mortimer,' says Lady Tippins, rapping the sticks of her closed green fan upon the knuckles of her left hand--which is particularly rich in knuckles, 'I insist upon your telling all that is to be told about the man from Jamaica.'

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"The last time I had the pleasure of seeing her ladyship, she looked so yellow that if we had been in Jamaica I should have said it was a case of death in twelve hours.

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Heavytop, the Colonel's wife, died in Jamaica of the yellow faver and a broken heart comboined, for the horrud old Colonel, with a head as bald as a cannon-ball, was making sheep's eyes at a half- caste girl there.

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These opinions being equally incontrovertible with those he had already pronounced, he went on to inform us that Jamaica rum, though unquestionably an agreeable spirit of great richness and flavour, had the drawback of remaining constantly present to the taste next day; and nobody being venturous enough to argue this point either, he increased in confidence and became yet more companionable and communicative.

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In order to this we began to make inquiry for vessels going to Carolina, and in a very little while got information, that on the other side the bay, as they call it, namely, in Maryland, there was a ship which came from Carolina, laden with rice and other goods, and was going back again thither, and from thence to Jamaica, with provisions.

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I knew a man who was hung in Jamaica for murdering his master.

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He made the voyage to Acapulco very happily, and there he sold his ship: and having there also obtained allowance to travel by land to Porto Bello, he found means to get to Jamaica, with all his treasure, and about eight years after came to England exceeding rich.