Jamaican
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- adjective
- /dʒəˈmeɪkən/
:
jamaicano
- The Jamaican culture is rich in music, art, and delicious food.
- Jamaican teachers
- Jamaican radio
- Jamaican children
Thai Curry, Malaysian Curry, Indian Curry, Jamaican Curry.
- Thai Curry, Malaysian Curry, Indian Curry, Jamaican Curry.
- And so the those Jamaican lessons, I try and use them.
- You didn't notice like this the Jamaican writing on the bag and the pot leaves.
- That spice, part of it feels kind of jerkish, like like a Jamaican jerk spice.
- Big like Jamaican posses were running Flatbush.
- You embrace Jamaican flags because people listen.
- And this, it's almost like a national culture for the Jamaican people just to kind of compete on gratitude.
- So so then and y'all we've heard you know, more proposed and did it big and had the Jamaican Luther.
Examples
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Like African American children, Jamaican children are predominantly descendants of West Africans who were enslaved by Europeans.
Academic text (1999) -
Teachers rated African American children as having significantly more externalizing problems than Jamaican teachers rated their children.
Academic text (1999) -
Something that has defined Jamaican dress was the fact that it's coming from European style.
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It's governed by the Jamaican Board of Control...
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The Jamaican soap opera has become an important element in Jamaican popular culture.
Academic text (1992) -
Many of the modern practices of turntablism, of DJ culture come out of the Jamaican traditions.
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Most North Americans associate this style with the music of Jamaican musical icon Bob Marley.
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Many Jamaican festivals celebrate the vibrant customs and traditions of the island.
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The Jamaican language, known as Patois, has unique expressions and phrases that reflect the community's history.
Compounds
A fast-growing tropical evergreen tree with small sweet red fruit that people eat
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Etymology
Jamaican comes from the island name Jamaica, taken from the Taíno word Xaymaca meaning 'land of wood and water'. The ending -an means 'from', as in American and Italian, so Jamaican describes something 'from or about Jamaica', like music or food.