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Geographic Locations > Islands > West Indies > Jamaica
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > West Indies > Jamaica
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > West Indies > Jamaica
Geographic Locations > Americas > Caribbean Region > West Indies > Jamaica

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Jamaica  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

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Note

  • an island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies

Scope note

  • An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is Kingston. It was discovered in 1494 by Columbus and was a Spanish colony 1509-1655 until captured by the English. Its flourishing slave trade was abolished in the 19th century. It was a British colony 1655-1958 and a territory of the West Indies Federation 1958-62. It achieved full independence in 1962. The name is from the Arawak Xaymaca, rich in springs or land of springs. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p564 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p267)

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