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"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ဂျမေကာ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"lang_code": "chr",
"roman": "tsameika",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ᏣᎺᎢᎧ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "Yámǎijiā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "牙買加 /牙买加"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"lang_code": "kw",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamayka"
},
{
"code": "co",
"lang": "Corsican",
"lang_code": "co",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Giamaica"
},
{
"code": "co",
"lang": "Corsican",
"lang_code": "co",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ghjamaica"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamajka"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamajko"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"lang_code": "gur",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Zameeka"
},
{
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"lang_code": "gur",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Samaika"
},
{
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"lang_code": "gur",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Zamaika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaïque"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Xamaica"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "iamaiḳa",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "იამაიკა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "Tzamáika",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Τζαμάικα"
},
{
"code": "gcr",
"lang": "Guianese Creole",
"lang_code": "gcr",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Janmayk"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"lang_code": "haw",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Iāmaika"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"lang_code": "haw",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Iāmeka"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "גָ׳מַיְקָה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "jameika",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ג׳מייקה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "jamaikā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "जमैका"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaíka"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"lang_code": "ia",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "iu",
"lang": "Inuktitut",
"lang_code": "iu",
"roman": "yamaika",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ᔭᒪᐃᑲ"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Iamáice"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Giamaica"
},
{
"code": "jam",
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"lang_code": "jam",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jumieka"
},
{
"code": "jam",
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"lang_code": "jam",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamieka"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "Jamaika",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ジャマイカ"
},
{
"code": "kln",
"lang": "Kalenjin",
"lang_code": "kln",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "kam",
"lang": "Kamba",
"lang_code": "kam",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "ks",
"lang": "Kashmiri",
"lang_code": "ks",
"roman": "jamaikā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "जमैका"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "Jämäike",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Жәмәйке"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"lang_code": "km",
"roman": "zaamaaʼiik",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ហ្សាម៉ាអ៊ីក"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"lang_code": "km",
"roman": "caamaykaa",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ចាម៉ៃកា"
},
{
"code": "ki",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"lang_code": "ki",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "Jameika",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "자메이카"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "Jeomeikeo",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"North-Korea"
],
"word": "져메이커"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"lang_code": "kmr",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaîka"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"lang_code": "ky",
"roman": "Yamayka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Ямайка"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"lang_code": "ky",
"roman": "Jamayka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Жамайка"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"lang_code": "lo",
"roman": "chā mai kā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ຈາໄມກາ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Iamaica"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "nds-nl",
"lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
"lang_code": "nds-nl",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"lang_code": "nds-de",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "luy",
"lang": "Luhya",
"lang_code": "luy",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "luo",
"lang": "Luo",
"lang_code": "luo",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "Jamajka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Јамајка"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"lang_code": "mt",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Ġammajka"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"lang_code": "gv",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Yn Yamaicey"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Hamaika"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Hemeika"
},
{
"code": "mrw",
"lang": "Maranao",
"lang_code": "mrw",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Diyamayka"
},
{
"code": "mer",
"lang": "Meru",
"lang_code": "mer",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"lang_code": "mn",
"roman": "Jamajk",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Ямайк"
},
{
"code": "na",
"lang": "Nauruan",
"lang_code": "na",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"lang_code": "nv",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jaméíkʼa"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"lang_code": "nrf",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaïque"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "rsk",
"lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
"lang_code": "rsk",
"roman": "Jamajka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ямайка"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"lang_code": "ps",
"roman": "jāmāykā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "جمايکا"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "jâmâ'ikâ",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "جامائیکا"
},
{
"code": "pcd",
"lang": "Picard",
"lang_code": "pcd",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaïke"
},
{
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"lang_code": "pms",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Giamàica"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamajka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"lang_code": "rm",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Giamaica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "Jamájka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Яма́йка"
},
{
"code": "ksw",
"lang": "S'gaw Karen",
"lang_code": "ksw",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"roman": "jamaikā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "जमैका"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Giamàica"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaicae"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Јамајка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamajka"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Giamaica"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"lang_code": "si",
"roman": "jæmeyikāwa",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ජැමෙයිකාව"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamajka"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamájka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Hamayka"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "Yamayka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Ямайка"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"roman": "yamēkkā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "யமேக்கா"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"roman": "jamēkkā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ஜமேக்கா"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"roman": "jamaikkā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ஜமைக்கா"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "jaa-mee-gâa",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "จาเมกา"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"lang_code": "bo",
"roman": "ya mas kha",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ཡ་མས་ཁ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"lang_code": "tk",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Ýamaýka"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "Jamájka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Яма́йка"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "jamaikā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "جمیکا"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"lang_code": "ug",
"roman": "yamayka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "يامايكا"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"lang_code": "uz",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Yamayka"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Ha-mai-ca"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Gia-mai-ca"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"lang_code": "vo",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Camekeän"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"lang_code": "wa",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Djamayike"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"lang_code": "fy",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"lang_code": "yi",
"roman": "dzhameyke",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "דזשאַמייקע"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"lang_code": "yi",
"roman": "yamayke",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "יאַמײַקע"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"lang_code": "yo",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jàmáíkà"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"lang_code": "zza",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"Southern-Zazaki"
],
"word": "Cameika"
}
],
"wikidata": [
"Q766"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "jə-mā′kə"
},
{
"ipa": "/d͡ʒəˈmeɪ.kə/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"feminine"
],
"word": "جَامَايْكَا"
},
{
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"lang_code": "an",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Chamaica"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "Čamayka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Ճամայկա"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"lang_code": "aii",
"roman": "jāmayka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ܓ̰ܲܡܵܝܟܵܐ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"lang_code": "ast",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Xamaica"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Yamayka"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"lang_code": "eu",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "Jamájka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Яма́йка"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"lang_code": "bn",
"roman": "jamaika",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "জামাইকা"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"lang_code": "br",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "Jamájka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Яма́йка"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"lang_code": "my",
"roman": "gya.meka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ဂျမေကာ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"lang_code": "chr",
"roman": "tsameika",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ᏣᎺᎢᎧ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "Yámǎijiā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "牙買加 /牙买加"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"lang_code": "kw",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamayka"
},
{
"code": "co",
"lang": "Corsican",
"lang_code": "co",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Giamaica"
},
{
"code": "co",
"lang": "Corsican",
"lang_code": "co",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ghjamaica"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamajka"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamajko"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"lang_code": "gur",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Zameeka"
},
{
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"lang_code": "gur",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Samaika"
},
{
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"lang_code": "gur",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Zamaika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaïque"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Xamaica"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "iamaiḳa",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "იამაიკა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "Tzamáika",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Τζαμάικα"
},
{
"code": "gcr",
"lang": "Guianese Creole",
"lang_code": "gcr",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Janmayk"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"lang_code": "haw",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Iāmaika"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"lang_code": "haw",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Iāmeka"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "גָ׳מַיְקָה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "jameika",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ג׳מייקה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "jamaikā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "जमैका"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaíka"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"lang_code": "ia",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "iu",
"lang": "Inuktitut",
"lang_code": "iu",
"roman": "yamaika",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ᔭᒪᐃᑲ"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Iamáice"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Giamaica"
},
{
"code": "jam",
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"lang_code": "jam",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jumieka"
},
{
"code": "jam",
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"lang_code": "jam",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamieka"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "Jamaika",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ジャマイカ"
},
{
"code": "kln",
"lang": "Kalenjin",
"lang_code": "kln",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "kam",
"lang": "Kamba",
"lang_code": "kam",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "ks",
"lang": "Kashmiri",
"lang_code": "ks",
"roman": "jamaikā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "जमैका"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "Jämäike",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Жәмәйке"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"lang_code": "km",
"roman": "zaamaaʼiik",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ហ្សាម៉ាអ៊ីក"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"lang_code": "km",
"roman": "caamaykaa",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ចាម៉ៃកា"
},
{
"code": "ki",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"lang_code": "ki",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "Jameika",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "자메이카"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "Jeomeikeo",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"North-Korea"
],
"word": "져메이커"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"lang_code": "kmr",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaîka"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"lang_code": "ky",
"roman": "Yamayka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Ямайка"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"lang_code": "ky",
"roman": "Jamayka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Жамайка"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"lang_code": "lo",
"roman": "chā mai kā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ຈາໄມກາ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Iamaica"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "nds-nl",
"lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
"lang_code": "nds-nl",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"lang_code": "nds-de",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "luy",
"lang": "Luhya",
"lang_code": "luy",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "luo",
"lang": "Luo",
"lang_code": "luo",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "Jamajka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Јамајка"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"lang_code": "mt",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Ġammajka"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"lang_code": "gv",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Yn Yamaicey"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Hamaika"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Hemeika"
},
{
"code": "mrw",
"lang": "Maranao",
"lang_code": "mrw",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Diyamayka"
},
{
"code": "mer",
"lang": "Meru",
"lang_code": "mer",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"lang_code": "mn",
"roman": "Jamajk",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Ямайк"
},
{
"code": "na",
"lang": "Nauruan",
"lang_code": "na",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"lang_code": "nv",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jaméíkʼa"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"lang_code": "nrf",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaïque"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "rsk",
"lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
"lang_code": "rsk",
"roman": "Jamajka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ямайка"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"lang_code": "ps",
"roman": "jāmāykā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "جمايکا"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "jâmâ'ikâ",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "جامائیکا"
},
{
"code": "pcd",
"lang": "Picard",
"lang_code": "pcd",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaïke"
},
{
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"lang_code": "pms",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Giamàica"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamajka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"lang_code": "rm",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Giamaica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "Jamájka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Яма́йка"
},
{
"code": "ksw",
"lang": "S'gaw Karen",
"lang_code": "ksw",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"roman": "jamaikā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "जमैका"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"lang_code": "sc",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Giamàica"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaicae"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Јамајка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamajka"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Giamaica"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"lang_code": "si",
"roman": "jæmeyikāwa",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ජැමෙයිකාව"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamajka"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamájka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaica"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Hamayka"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "Yamayka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Ямайка"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"roman": "yamēkkā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "யமேக்கா"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"roman": "jamēkkā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ஜமேக்கா"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"roman": "jamaikkā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ஜமைக்கா"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "jaa-mee-gâa",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "จาเมกา"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"lang_code": "bo",
"roman": "ya mas kha",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "ཡ་མས་ཁ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Jamaika"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"lang_code": "tk",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Ýamaýka"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "Jamájka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Яма́йка"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "jamaikā",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "جمیکا"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"lang_code": "ug",
"roman": "yamayka",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "يامايكا"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"lang_code": "uz",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Yamayka"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "country in the Caribbean",
"word": "Ha-mai-ca"
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