Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 5 compound words that contain jamaican. The most common are listed below. Open jamaican in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- Jamaican CreoleAn English-based creole spoken in and around Jamaica, additionally influenced by various African languages, particularly Akan.
- Jamaican EnglishThe variety of English native to Jamaica.
- Jamaican PatoisSynonym of Jamaican Creole: An English-based creole spoken in and around Jamaica, additionally influenced by various African languages, particularly Akan.
- Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession LanguageMaroon Spirit
- Jamaican pattyA turnover with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.
- Jamaican vomiting sicknessAn acute illness, with vomiting and dehydration, caused by the toxin hypoglycin A, found in unripe ackee fruit.
- Jamaican appleThe cherimoya fruit.
- Jamaican ebonyA plant, Brya ebenus.
- Jamaican blind snakeTyphlops jamaicensis, a species of blind snake.
- Jamaican pattiesplural of Jamaican patty: A turnover with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.
- Jamaican applesplural of Jamaican apple: The cherimoya fruit.
- Jamaican timeA notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Jamaicans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be leisurely, not rigorous about scheduling, and often …
- Jamaican blind snakesplural of Jamaican blind snake: Typhlops jamaicensis, a species of blind snake.
Compound words 5
- JafaicanMulticultural London English.
- Jamaicanizationthe act or process of Jamaicanizing.
- Jamaicanizeto make Jamaican.
- JamaicannessQuality of being Jamaican.
- JamericanAn American of Jamaican birth or ancestry