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Jamaica, Queens is not a city. It's a neighborhood. It used to be a town and a village, but when Queens became a borough of New York City, all of its former towns became neighborhoods.

When the British took over New York City in 1664, they named that part of Queens "Jameco" or "Yamecah," after their names for the Native Americans who lived there. The name eventually evolved to "Jamaica."

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