Jamaica (
i/dʒəˈmeɪkə/) is an island country situated
in the Caribbean Sea,
comprising the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles. The island, 10,990 square
kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area, lies about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, and 191 kilometres (119 mi) west of Hispaniola, the island containing
the nation-states of Haiti and the Dominican
Republic. Jamaica is the fifth-largest island country in the Caribbean.[5] The indigenous people, the Taíno, called it
Xaymaca in Arawakan,[6] meaning the "Land of
Wood and Water" or the "Land of Springs".[7]More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica
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