Jamaican
adjective
of or relating to the island of Jamaica or its inhabitants.
Jamaican
American
[juh-may-kuhn]
/ dʒəˈmeɪ kən /
adjective
noun
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Jamaicans
plural
jamaican
British
/ dʒəˈmeɪkən /
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Jamaican
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With his first book, John Crow’s Devil, a religious drama about two small-town Jamaican preachers competing for leadership, James faced a literary hazing of sorts while trying to sell the manuscript.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
After the weekend confrontation, Hanks said that André ultimately “admitted” the feud began “because he had a problem with me ‘mocking Caribbean culture’ when I did my Jamaican accent all those years ago.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The Jamaican government will hand a petition to King Charles over slavery reparations on Monday, the country's culture minister Olivia Grange has said.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
In June, Scotiabank moved to take full control of its Jamaican arm with a proposal to buy shares not already owned of Scotia Group Jamaica for about C$500 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The melodic, swooping movement of her Jamaican patois was quickly replaced by the more stable cadences of American English.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
Not only that, but the Fox News story that went with the icky illo said that ICE’s D.C. operation nabbed Jamaicans, Hondurans and Salvadorans, in addition to Guatemalans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Jamaicans living in the USA, and in the 2021 UK census 167,000 people said they were born in the country.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
Mathue Tapper, 31, told AFP from Kingston that those in the capital were "lucky" but feared for fellow Jamaicans in the island's more rural western areas.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025
The National Hurricane Center said Jamaicans could expect life-threatening storm surge, landslides and flash floods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
In fact, Danes have more in common with Jamaicans when it comes to tolerating ambiguity than they do with some of their European peers.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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