Jamaica
How many syllables in Jamaica?
There are 3 syllables in the word Jamaica.How to pronounce Jamaica:
Definition of Jamaica:
- Jamaica:
- island of the west indies in the greater antilles south of cuba; a dominion of the commonwealth of nations since 1962; formerly a british colony; capital kingston area 4244 square miles (10,991 square kilometers), population 2,812,000
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- refurbish
- happening
- sequelae
- allocate
- generate
- homework
- conflictive
- beautiful
- unfogged
- quintuple
- corrosion
- troublesome
- insulate
- lithosphere
- prevalent
- disallow
- oeuvre
- strategy
- precious
- sensitive
- presenter
- eatable
- Zolio
- saleable
- taciturn
- pityingly
- marvelous
- shadowy
- oppressor
- exposure
- threatening
- reincarnate
- malachite
- existent
- abruptly
- simile
- piety
- undisturbed
- chrysalis
- aggressive
- fraudulent
- philemon
- breakable
- heuristic
- covenant
- pancetta
- distasteful
- clandestine
- Caribbean
- mockingly
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
Consonant clusters can appear in the onset or coda of a syllable, but their composition is often restricted by language-specific rules.
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