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Jamaica (pronounce /ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə/) is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, 234 kilometres (146 mi) in length and as much as 80 kilometres (50 mi) in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, 190 kilometres (120 mi) west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated, and 620 kilometres (385 mi) northeast of the Central America. Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taíno inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning the "Land of Wood and Water", or the "Land of Springs". Formerly a Spanish possession known as Santiago, it later became the British West Indies Crown colony of Jamaica. It is the third most populous anglophone country in the Americas, after the United States and Canada.

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  • Bob Marley
  • To vacation in this Caribbean paradise, you may fly into Sangster Intl. Airport in Montego Bay
  • Ya, mon! On June 29, 1504 Columbus was rescued from this island where he'd been shipwrecked for a year
  • It was a Spanish possession until 1655
  • The Kingston Trio took its name from Kingston, the capital of this Caribbean country
  • In July, you can sun yourself on this island & attend its Reggae Sumfest
  • In 2006 this Caribbean country made history by swearing in its first wo-mon prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller
  • Hey, mon! The Cayman Islands were colonized about 1734 by British settlers from this nearby island
  • In the musical styles of this island, reggae came after ska & rock steady, mon
  • Goat is served as an entree; Spanish Town is the former capital; it's home to the Reggae Sunfest
  • The recipe for Tia Maria came from this island and "has been closely guarded for generations"
  • Anthony Quinn was a pirate stuck with stowaway children in the film "A High Wind In" this place
  • Its name was originally an Arawak Indian word spelled X-A-Y-M-A-C-A
  • The official language of this country is "English (kind of)" & crime-wise, there are "rising incidents of monslaughter"
  • You'll find this island nation about 95 miles due south of Cuba, mon
  • This tropical island has roads linking Port Antonio, Montego Bay & Kingston
  • Jerk chicken is a specialty of this Caribbean island, the home of reggae music
  • Every August this country is home to the Reggae Sunsplash
  • Hey mon! Blue Mountain Peak is the highest point in this island country
  • To commemorate the birth of reggae legend & native son Bob Marley, Feb. 6, 1990 was a national holiday in this country
  • As prime minister of this country, Percival J. Patterson makes his home in Kingston
  • Bruce Golding, this country's premier, is also the MP for West Kingston
  • The original pirates of the Caribbean, possibly including Henry Morgan, seized this island around 1655
  • Sprinter Merlene Ottey, an 8-time Olympic medalist, represented this Caribbean nation in competition
  • The name of this West Indies island is followed by "Me Crazy" in the name of a pineapple sorbet
  • Hey, mon! You be jahmmin' on May 23, Labour Day in dis country
  • April 21 is a Rastafarian holiday-- it's the date in 1966 when Haile Selassie visited this island
  • This Caribbean nation's oldest lighthouse sits on Morant Point about 40 miles from Kingston
  • "No woman, no cry", no problem for this country, from St. Ann's Bay to Port Maria
  • When buying beans from this country, be careful not to mistake "High Mountain" for "Blue Mountain"
  • Bob Marley's ghost could tell you that Red Stripe is a beer from this Caribbean country
  • Blue Mountain Peak, mon
  • Rastafarians have roots in 2 places: Ethiopia & this island
  • Montego Bay has been called the resort capital of this Caribbean island
  • Tia Maria, a liqueur made from Blue Mountain coffee beans, comes from this country
  • Its leading exports are bauxite & aluminum
  • This English-speaking country whose flag is seen here south of Cuba in the Caribbean Sea:
  • Some cyclists take a downhill bicycling tour of this Caribbean country's Blue Mountains
  • Marcus Garvey, born on this island nation in 1887, was deported back there by the U.S. in 1927
  • Get up, stand up, Governor General Patrick Linton Allen; they say he's a good mon for the job
  • The Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti
  • In the Caribbean Sea, Cuba & Hispaniola are the only islands larger than this island nation
  • You're on this island if you're enjoying some Blue Mountain coffee on the peaks of the same name
  • A member of the British Commonwealth, this country is the third-largest island in the Caribbean
  • Hurricanes are a weather phenomenon not to be ignored in this country

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