Jamaica English

Meaning Jamaica meaning

What does Jamaica mean?

Definitions in simple English

Jamaica Proper noun

— Jamaica is a country in the Caribbean.

Jamaica

— noun an island in the West Indies to the south of Cuba and to the west of Haiti

— noun a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism

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Simple sentences

He took up residence in Jamaica.

Jamaica's an English colony.

What's the minimum salary in Jamaica?

Movie subtitles

He was born last week, and he has pale brown skin like us because our mum is from Poplar and our dad is from Jamaica.

The Admiralty has instructed me to take breadfruit plants from Tahiti to Jamaica.

Why take breadfruit to Jamaica?

We'll pick up the breadfruit then continue on through the Endeavour Straits around the Cape of Good Hope to Jamaica.

We shall go with the winds to Jamaica by way of Cape Horn.

This is the hostel of Jamaica!

At the hostel in Jamaica?

It is the band of smugglers the hostel in Jamaica.

He'd been living in Jamaica.

Yes, Jamaica!

Detoured through Jamaica, Long Island to shake them off.

I'm Lord Denby, governor of Jamaica.

Men, here's a rope-maker for your necks. the little English hangman from Jamaica.

And now find me my great admirer. the so-called governor of Jamaica.

It comes from Jamaica.

I suppose you never heard of Jamaica.

I shall provide a boat for you. to go to Gov. Bishop at Jamaica to collect it.

A nobleman and the niece of the Governor of Jamaica.

We won't sail to Jamaica. Them's the words.

Aye, Bishop's entire fleet's at Jamaica.

You told me we're not sailing to Jamaica.

Yonder lies Jamaica, and straight we sail for it.

I lost mine in action against the French, off Jamaica.

Is Jamaica Inn on this road?

How much further is Jamaica Inn? Come on.

BOTH: It's Jamaica Inn.

You've taken me past Jamaica Inn. Take me back at once.

To Jamaica Inn.

You've taken me past Jamaica Inn.

You must leave Jamaica Inn now, this minute, do you hear?

You think I don't know why my aunt is frightened for her life, that I don't know what you and the rest of you are doing at Jamaica Inn? No.

At Jamaica Inn, yes, but he gets his orders from outside. His information comes from outside.

If it's a real morning ring like we have in Jamaica all you've got to do is turn it on your finger close your eyes and make a wish.

Acting on our own. unofficially as privateers. we can provision Jamaica then smash Morgan.

It's yours till we put you ashore in Jamaica.

What do you expect me to do in Jamaica?

Well, Jamaica seems mighty pleased to see us, Bart.

You'll find Jamaica near starvation thanks to our governor here.

They have an efficient spy system here in Jamaica.

But what are you going to do in Jamaica?

A complete list of everything I received from you and what it brought in Jamaica. minus a small percentage for my trouble, of course.

News and current affairs

Jamaica, say, does not produce frozen salmon or hockey players because investing in industries such as citrus fruit and tourism provides far more certain profits.

But those rationales won't do: other developing countries, from Jamaica to Ethiopia, regularly rake in the medals.

The other countries that have embraced a flat tax are small or micro-states: Jamaica, Tuvalu, Grenada, Mauritius, Timor-Leste, Belize, and Seychelles.