Jamaicans
Sayjuh-MAY-kuhnz/d͡ʒəˈmeɪkənz/
- 1Plural of Jamaican.
Several Jamaicans gathered to celebrate the island's independence day.
The festival drew Jamaicans from across the diaspora.
Note
A plural that belongs to only one of the singular's meanings: the people. Jamaican also names the island's creole language and Jamaican English, and it works as an adjective, but none of those takes an -s. A language name stays singular (she speaks Jamaican), and an English adjective never inflects for number (Jamaican food, Jamaican musicians). The -s form therefore always means persons from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.
Jamaicans is a form of Jamaican
Jamaican, noun: A person who comes from Jamaica or has Jamaican family roots. Full entry
- Forms
- JamaicanJamaicans plural
- Spelling
- Jamaican → Jamaicans: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
Use it in a sentence
Write your own sentence with Jamaicans, and AI will tell you whether it fits and which meaning you used.