Jamaican

//d͡ʒəˈmeɪkən//

"Jamaican" in a Sentence (12 examples)

Jamaican people use a creole version of English.

Jamaican people were British citizens.

In the shop, we sell Jamaican flowers.

Sami loves Jamaican soda.

I'm Jamaican.

The one hundred meter champion is Jamaican.

The sprinting champion is Jamaican.

My Jamaican university friend's Jewish uncle possessed a big beautiful mansion in West Vancouver, BC. There was a jacuzzi near a heated swimming pool, overlooking Burrard Inlet. I was not jealous, because people like me with a big imagination can always imagine something greater. The Jewish uncle and aunt were one of the first tourists to go to the PRC, when it first opened up to foreigners.

In high school, my gang included the mulatto Jamaican Graeme, the intellectual Russian-Scot Kenneth, the Hokkien-speaking Chinese-Filipino Philip, and myself. We often ate lunch together. We played video games and computer games. Our favourite board game was Risk, whose objective was land conquest. Graeme lived in a townhouse complex with a nice swimming pool, in which we swam.

My Jamaican high school friend Graeme was one-quarter black and had a very rich Jewish uncle.

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For many of the just over 1 million Americans who emigrated from Jamaica or are of Jamaican ancestry, like myself, the fact that Harris’ heritage is widely being discussed helps to diversify how Jamaicans are seen, by showing us in the political and academic realm.

Thomas says his only option now is to apply for Jamaican citizenship through his late father. But he does not plan to, since “my life, my kids, my family is back in the States,” he said.

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