"Jamaicanize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: Jamaicanizes [present, singular, third-person], Jamaicanizing [participle, present], Jamaicanized [participle, past], Jamaicanized [past]
Etymology: Jamaican + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Jamaican|ize}} Jamaican + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} Jamaicanize (third-person singular simple present Jamaicanizes, present participle Jamaicanizing, simple past and past participle Jamaicanized)
  1. to make Jamaican. Categories (place): Jamaica
    Sense id: en-Jamaicanize-en-verb-wueue1Yy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2001, Cari Lee Borja, Jamaican Art Worlds: Encounters, Transformations and Metamorphoses",
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