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Jamaicanize

Jamaicanize verb: to make Jamaican.

Verb

Jamaicanize (third-person singular simple present Jamaicanizes, present participle Jamaicanizing, simple past and past participle Jamaicanized)

  1. to make Jamaican.
    • Barclays Bank is the fourth foreign owned bank to Jamaicanize its operations.1973, Caribbean and Central American Letter
    • And then I decided it was time for me to come home and to bring all that experience and to Jamaicanize it and I said if I come home I really want to promote art.2001, Cari Lee Borja, Jamaican Art Worlds: Encounters, Transformations and Metamorphoses

Forms of Jamaicanize

third-person singular presentJamaicanizes
present participleJamaicanizing
past participleJamaicanized
pastJamaicanized

Origin of Jamaicanize

From Jamaican + -ize.

Questions about Jamaicanize

What does Jamaicanize mean?
Jamaicanize means to make Jamaican.
What part of speech is Jamaicanize?
Jamaicanize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Jamaicanize?
The past tense of Jamaicanize is Jamaicanized.

Words near Jamaicanize in the dictionary

  1. Jamaican patties
  2. Jamaican patty
  3. Jamaican time
  4. Jamaican vomiting sickness
  5. Jamaicanization
  6. Jamaicanize
  7. Jamaicanized
  8. Jamaicanizes
  9. Jamaicanizing
  10. Jamaicanness
  11. Jamaicans

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