English Online Dictionary. What means jamaica? What does jamaica mean?
English
Etymology
From Spanish jamaica.
Pronunciation
- enPR: jə-mā'kə, IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈmeɪ.kə/
Noun
jamaica (uncountable)
- roselle
Spanish
Etymology
After the island Jamaica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xaˈmaika/ [xaˈmai̯.ka]
- Rhymes: -aika
- Syllabification: ja‧mai‧ca
Noun
jamaica f (uncountable)
- roselle
Derived terms
Further reading
- “jamaica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10