Jamaican

juh-MAY-kuhn/d͡ʒəˈmeɪkən/

4 meanings of Jamaican

1
adjective
Relating to Jamaica, its people, or its way of speaking.
Reggae music has deep Jamaican roots.
She cooked a spicy Jamaican stew for dinner.
2
nouncountable
Someone who comes from Jamaica or whose family does.
The Jamaican next door taught us to make jerk chicken.
Many Jamaicans living abroad return home for the holidays.
3
noununcountable
The creole language spoken by many people in Jamaica.
He speaks Jamaican with his friends but standard English at school.
The dancehall song's lyrics are full of Jamaican.
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4
noununcountable
The everyday form of English used by people in Jamaica.
Her spoken Jamaican sounds like English with an island accent.
Newsreaders use Jamaican, an English close to what's printed in the papers.

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It comes from the place name Jamaica plus the ending -an.