JAMAICA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Jamaica"):

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

Meronyms (members of "Jamaica"):

Jamaican (a native or inhabitant of Jamaica)

Holonyms ("Jamaica" is a part of...):

Greater Antilles (a group of islands in the western West Indies)

Derivation:

Jamaican (of or relating to Jamaica (the island or the country) or to its inhabitants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Jamaica"):

capital of Jamaica; Jamaican capital; Kingston (capital and largest city of Jamaica)

Montego Bay (port and resort city in northwestern Jamaica)

Domain member category:

Rastafari; Rastas ((Jamaica) a Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woolen caps; use marijuana and listen to reggae music)

Holonyms ("Jamaica" is a part of...):

Caribbean (region including the Caribbean Islands)

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

Holonyms ("Jamaica" is a member of...):

OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)