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West Indian island, from Taino (Arawakan). The Jamaica in New York probably is a Delaware (Algonquian) word meaning "beaver pond" alt. by infl. of the island name.
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Jamaica in the Caribbean,got its name from the spanish..before Jamaica was jamica,it was xamyca the name given to the island by the taionos,meaning land of wood and water.
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