Definitions for Jamaica
dʒəˈmeɪ kəJa·maica

Jamaica(noun)
a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism
Jamaica(noun)
an island in the West Indies to the south of Cuba and to the west of Haiti

Origin: Originally Jameco, from (Lenape) word for “beaver”. Compare previous etymology.

Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea, comprising the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles. The island, 10,990 square kilometres in area, lies about 145 kilometres south of Cuba, and 191 kilometres west of Hispaniola, the island containing the nation-states of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Jamaica is the fifth-largest island country in the Caribbean. The indigenous people, the Taíno, called it Xaymaca in Arawakan. meaning the "Land of Wood and Water" or the "Land of Springs". Once a Spanish possession known as Santiago, in 1655 it came under the rule of England, and was called Jamaica. It achieved full independence from the United Kingdom on 6 August 1962. With 2.8 million people, it is the third most populous Anglophone country in the Americas, after the United States and Canada. Kingston is the country's largest city and its capital, with a population of 937,700. Jamaica has a large diaspora around the world, due to emigration from the country. Jamaica is a Commonwealth realm with Elizabeth II as Queen of Jamaica and head of state. Her appointed representative in the country is the Governor-General of Jamaica, currently Sir Patrick Allen. The head of government and Prime Minister of Jamaica is Portia Simpson-Miller. Jamaica is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with legislative power vested in the bicameral Parliament of Jamaica, consisting of an appointed Senate and a directly elected House of Representatives.

Jamaica
("Land of Springs") (640, of which 15 are whites), a British crown colony, the largest and most important of the British West India Islands; is one of the Greater Antilles group, and lies some 90 m. S. of the eastern end of Cuba; its greatest length E. and W. 144 m.; is traversed by the Blue Mountains (7400 ft.), whose slopes are clad with luxuriant forests of mahogany, cedar, satin-wood, palm, and other trees; of the numerous rivers, only one, the Black River, is navigable and that for only flat-bottomed boats and canoes; there are many harbours (Kingston finest), while good roads intersect the island; the climate is oppressively warm and somewhat unhealthy on the coast, but delightful in the interior highlands; for administrative purposes the land area is divided into three counties, Surrey, Middlesex, and Cornwall; the chief trade-products are dye-woods, fruit, sugar, rum, coffee, and spices; discovered in 1494 by Columbus, and since 1670 a possession of England.

Jamaica
An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is Kingston. It was discovered in 1494 by Columbus and was a Spanish colony 1509-1655 until captured by the English. Its flourishing slave trade was abolished in the 19th century. It was a British colony 1655-1958 and a territory of the West Indies Federation 1958-62. It achieved full independence in 1962. The name is from the Arawak Xaymaca, rich in springs or land of springs. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p564 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p267)

jamaica
One of the West India Islands, or Greater Antilles, which belongs to Great Britain, and forms the most considerable and valuable of its possessions in that quarter. It was discovered by Columbus in 1494, and colonized by the Spaniards in the early part of the 16th century. In 1655 it was taken by the English, when 3000 British soldiers who had served in the Parliamentary army settled there. In 1866 a revolt of a large portion of the negro population took place, which was promptly suppressed.

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Jamaica
From the West Indian Caymaca, signifying “a country abounding in springs.”

Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Jamaica in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Jamaica in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

RICARDO(RAS CARDO)SCOTT B.A., M.S.R, J.D.:
***(c)(p) I WILL SAY THIS- WITHOUT PREJUDICE:- JAMAICA IS SO IN-DEPENDENT THAT, IF AMERICA, CHINA AND CANADA SNEEZE, IT CATCHES A COLD.
Errol Campbell:
It is high time that the government makes him our eighth national hero, bob was a reggae genius who has done more for Jamaica than most others by popularizing our music.
Marleen Maxwell:
I think the whole of Jamaica welcomes the Comfort, if they could see more patients, if they could do more surgeries, if they could stay longer, if they could leave the ship with us.
Cubie Seegogin:
It means that there is now one less meet for Jamaicans to compete in, so we've not only lost another meet in Jamaica, but we've also lost a key meet in preparation for the( national) championships.
RAS CARDO REGGAE:
***(c)(p) MY MESSAGE TO JAMAICA IS SIMPLE. THIS IS 2019-I, RAS CARDO, REGGAE CREATOR FROM TRENCH TOWN COMES NOW AND SAY:- YOU CAN CHANGE THE REPORT, BUT YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE HISTORY OF TRENCH TOWN. WHAT IS DONE , CANNOT BE UNDONE!