Editing Jamaica (section)

==Etymology==
The [[indigenous people]], the Taíno, called the island ''Xaymaca'' in their [[Taíno language|language]],{{efn|As represented in [[Spanish orthography#Orthography|Old Spanish orthography]], meaning it began with a "[[ʃ|sh]]" sound}} meaning the "Land of Wood and Water" or the "Land of Springs".<ref name=taino>{{cite web|url=http://www.uctp.org/VocesIndigena.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016055722/http://www.uctp.org/VocesIndigena.html |archive-date=16 October 2007 |title= Taíno Dictionary |publisher= The United Confederation of Taíno People |access-date=18 October 2007|language=Spanish}}</ref> ''Yamaye'' has been suggested as an early Taíno name for the island as recorded by [[Christopher Columbus]].<ref name="Atkinson">{{cite book |last1=Atkinson |first1=Lesley-Gail |title=The Earliest Inhabitants: The Dynamics of the Jamaican Taíno |year=2006 |publisher=University of the West Indies Press |isbn=978-976-640-149-8 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M33aOoslSTMC&q=yamaye%20%20 |access-date=1 March 2021 |language=en |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520042517/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Earliest_Inhabitants/M33aOoslSTMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=yamaye++ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Jamaicans often refer to their home island as "yaad" – the Jamaican Patois word for yard, meaning home. Other colloquial names such as "Jamrock", "Jamdown" ("Jamdung" in [[Jamaican Patois]]), or briefly "Ja" are also widely used.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yaad |website=Wiwords |url=https://wiwords.com/words/yaad |access-date=9 August 2024}}</ref>{{User-generated inline|date=August 2024}}<ref name="CIA World Factbook – Jamaica2">{{cite web|title=CIA World Factbook – Jamaica|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/jamaica/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111023238/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/jamaica|archive-date=11 January 2021|access-date=29 July 2019}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=August 2024}}