Synonyms for jamaica
dʒəˈmeɪ kəja·maica

Princeton's WordNet

1. Jamaicanoun

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

2. Jamaicanoun

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

Matched Categories

1. • Greater Antilles
   • Jamaica
   • Country
   • Island

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1. List of paraphrases for "jamaica":

   jamaican, jamaique

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1. Brooke Burke:

   In the United States, viewers don't get to see a lot of the things that we can show in other countries. We didn't get to show our naked Twister game from Wild On: Jamaica, but we definitely filmed it.

2. Elizabeth Frantz -RRB- Sears:

   I think I am a visible success story that says to people, ‘You can do it. You will do it. No matter your gender, no matter your color, even no matter where you were born.’ Because here I am, this is not my country, not my culture. I came from Jamaica and here, I have made it.

3. Tall Jamaican diver Yona Knight-Wisdom:

   This process, especially in the last four years, has required much sacrifice, particularly of my socializing time, lots of commitment and discipline, i aim to enjoy the experience as much as possible because it's not often you get to go to an Olympic Games. But in the competition, just giving 100 percent diving and representing Jamaica as well as I can over my six dives.

4. Michael Wood:

   This book is startling in its range of voices and registers, running from the patois of the street posse to The Book of Revelation, it is a representation of political times and places, from the CIA intervention in Jamaica to the early years of crack gangs in New York and Miami.

5. Shanwayne Stephens:

   We had to come up with our own ways of replicating the sort of pushing we need to do. So that's why we thought: why not go out and push the car? we do get some funny looks. We've had people run over, thinking the car's broken down, trying to help us bump-start the car. When we tell them we're the Jamaica bobsleigh team, the direction is totally different, and they're very excited.