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Jamaica (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 18 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 18.2500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 077 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -77.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: It is the third largest island in the Caribbean Sea; forms territory of the nation of the same name. |
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| Jamaica (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Island of Jamaica (C,V)
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| Jamaïque (C,O)
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| La Jamaique (C,V)
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| Jamaika (C,O)
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| Giamaica (C,O)
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| Santiago (C,V)
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............ | named by Christopher Columbus in 1494 |
| Jamaican (C,O,English,U,A)
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| ג'מייקה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Xaimaca (H,V)
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............ | Arawak, meaning "land of the springs" |
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Jamaica .......... (nation) |
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(World, North and Central America) [7005556] |
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