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What does xaymaca mean?
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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What does xaymaca mean?
Xaymaca was the original name of the island Jamaica. It is an arawak word which means land of wood and water.
What was the taino word for Jamaica?
xaymaca
How did Jamaica get its name?
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" .
What was Jamaica called before Jamaica?
it was called Xaymaca by the Amerindians who were the people who inhabited the island before Christopher Columbus "discovered" it
Where did Jamaica get its name?
It's name comes from "Xaymaca". This an Arawak (the indigenous people of Jamaica) word which means "Land of Wood and Water.
What are the basic facts about Jamaica?
some names for Jamaica are official name-Jamaica Xaymaca-name given by tainos Jamrock- slang name
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