Jamaican
1.8
A person who was born in or lives in Jamaica
- noun
- /dʒəˈmeɪkən/
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jamaicano
- And you know, Jamaicans, they dress up in their Sunday best when they're coming to football.
And the, the native Jamaicans were more like a Mayan.
- And the, the native Jamaicans were more like a Mayan.
- I, Marcus Garvey was a great black Jamaican.
- And you know, Jamaicans, they dress up in their Sunday best when they're coming to football.
- He said the Jamaican had contracted us, the Irish, to blow you up, to put a car bomb under your Range Rover and blow you up.
- And, and they're a Jamaican and mum's a big church lady.
- I can see you, like with a Jamaican, like the word fishnet tank tops.
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Examples
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This is something that us Jamaicans call leaf.
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I play dominoes with some jamaicans there on sundays.
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My mom is fully Jamaican, you know, black.
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Many Jamaicans enjoy reggae music and participate in lively dance events.
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At the festival, I met several friendly Jamaicans who shared stories about their culture.
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The renowned dish jerk chicken is popular among Jamaicans and is enjoyed worldwide.
Compounds
9.9
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, which itself comes from the Taíno word Xaymaca meaning 'land of wood and water'. The ending -an means 'from', as in American and Italian, so Jamaican means a person 'from Jamaica'.
