how to pronounce jamaica

/dʒəˈmɛɪ.kə/

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jamaica is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of jamaica in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… I was born in Jamaica and I was born in …”

meanings of jamaica

name:

Jamaica Plain, Boston, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
A country in the Caribbean.
The island comprising most of that country.
Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood of Queens, New York.
Jamaica, Vermont, a town in Vermont.

noun:

Roselle.

jamaica frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word jamaica occurs in english on average 5.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.