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Jamaican

[ juh-mey-kuhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the island of Jamaica or its inhabitants.


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Jamaica.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Jamaican1

First recorded in 1685–95; Jamaic(a) + -an
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Example Sentences

Although the files were accessible from anyone’s web browser, the researcher asked not to be named for fear of legal repercussions from the Jamaican government.

J-FLAG, a Jamaican LGBTQ advocacy group, was also named as a plaintiff.

He taught us the history of where we’re from, the struggles and beauty of the Jamaican people, and the richness of the culture.

The matriarchHarris’s Jamaican family comes from Brown’s Town, so named after enslaver Hamilton Brown.

I didn’t grow up eating much Jamaican food in Oakland, California.

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With the help of a Jamaican migrant worker, he returns to his homeland to find his father.

I auditioned for it, and the part was to be African or Jamaican.

Where I served people looked forward to the Jamaican beef patties, fried chicken legs and hamburgers.

Yeager took the photo while balancing on a raft in a muddy Jamaican swamp.

She was still an inspired cook of cuisines ranging from Jamaican to Mexican.

One bird (Mimus hillii), two fishes and four mollusca, three being Jamaican, were named after Hill.

The capataz of the batey gang, a tall flushed Jamaican negro, passed on a cantering white pony.

Soon he detected the figure of the Jamaican in the gloom ahead, and followed it, keeping out of earshot.

Numerous entries regarding Jamaican affairs are to be found in the records of the Council of State during this period.

My guests are always welcome at these entertainments; there you will meet our Jamaican society.

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