Jamaica

[ juh-mey-kuh ]

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noun

an island in the West Indies, S of Cuba. 4,413 sq. mi. (11,430 sq. km).
a republic coextensive with this island: formerly a British colony; became independent in 1962, retaining membership in the Commonwealth of Nations. : Kingston.

Jamaica

/ dʒəˈmeɪkə /

an island and state in the Caribbean: colonized by the Spanish from 1494 onwards, large numbers of Black slaves being imported; captured by the British in 1655 and established as a colony in 1866; gained full independence in 1962; a member of the Commonwealth. Exports: chiefly bauxite and alumina, sugar, and bananas. Official language: English. Religion: Protestant majority. Currency: Jamaican dollar. Capital: Kingston. Pop: 2 909 714 (2013 est). Area: 10 992 sq km (4244 sq miles)

Jamaica

Nation in the West Indies , situated south of Cuba and west of Haiti , in the Caribbean Sea . Its capital and largest city is Kingston.

The country has a high level of poverty.

Tourism is a major industry.

It was the leading world sugar producer in the eighteenth century, when a large slave population grew up around sugar plantations.

A British colony from 1865 to 1962, Jamaica then became completely independent.

He was born in an apartment above the grocery store owned by his immigrant parents in South Jamaica, Queens.

In 2007, at Jamaica high school in Queens, teachers started calling 911 to get police to help them deal with disorderly students.

Why had teachers at Jamaica High School resorted to overusing 911 for common classroom disruptions?

But, in Jamaica, Maurice Tomlinson was forced to flee his country after his marriage to his Canadian husband made front-page news.

Jamaica is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be gay.

One child, a Jamaica girl of seven, went so far as to draw the face with only one eye (Fig. 5).

It is therefore probable that some of Trevithick's engines reached Jamaica.

One of the most characteristic instances of these alternate winds is perhaps that afforded on the island of Jamaica.

The island of Jamaica is so situated within the basin of the Caribbean that it does not feel the full influence of the trades.

A 'double' o' that fifteen over-proof Jamaica of yours, Sin, would hit me in a tender spot tonight.

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