Xaymaca was the original name of the island Jamaica. It is an arawak word which means land of wood and water.
(Konbunwo) is how you pronounce Zimbabwe.
You pronounce as you spell it, but with the "a" pronounced as the a in lard.
you pronounce it like this (eho-de-putuh)
Just don't pronounce the "d" at the end. Bertran
Xaymaca was the original name of the island Jamaica. It is an arawak word which means land of wood and water.
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The Spanish turned the Arawak Indian word for the island "Xaymaca" into "Jamaica". It has been known by that name since about 1500. To pronounce the name of the island in Arawak one would say "ZHAY-ma-ka" .
it was called Xaymaca by the Amerindians who were the people who inhabited the island before Christopher Columbus "discovered" it
It's name comes from "Xaymaca". This an Arawak (the indigenous people of Jamaica) word which means "Land of Wood and Water.
some names for Jamaica are official name-Jamaica Xaymaca-name given by tainos Jamrock- slang name
een (Pronounce: eyn) twee (Pronounce: twey) drie (Pronounce: dree) vier (Pronounce: veer) vijf (Pronounce: vive) zes (Pronounce: zes) zeven (Pronounce: zeyven acht (Pronounce: acht) negen (Pronounce:neygen) tien (Pronounce: teen)
You pronounce maui mow-E
I remember reading a National Geographic article about Jamaica in the 80's. It said that the name Jamaica means "Jah Made Us". Jah is a shortened form of Jehovah such as in "Hall-le-lu-jah", which means "praise Jah".
You pronounce it like this "Say ha" that is how you pronounce Ceja.
You pronounce it as Page.
How do you pronounce Baekje.