Where does “Jamiekan” come from?

Jamiekan (Jamaican Creole) comes from English Jamaican, from English jamaica, from Spanish jamaica, from Taíno Xaymaca — land of wood and water.

Ancestry of “Jamiekan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishJamaicanA person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent; The...
2Englishjamaicaroselle
3Spanishjamaicaroselle
4TaínoXaymacaland of wood and water
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