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Jamaica (in Queens) and Jamaica (in the Caribbean) are named after two unrelated Native American words, with the former meaning beaver to the Lenape, and the latter land of wood and water to the Arawak

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Jamaica (in Queens) and Jamaica (in the Caribbean) are named after two unrelated Native American words, with the former meaning 'beaver' to the Lenape, and the latter 'land of wood and water' to the Arawak
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Jamaica (in Queens) and Jamaica (in the Caribbean) are named after two unrelated Native American words, with the former meaning ‘beaver’ to the Lenape, and the latter ‘land of wood and water’ to the Arawak

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