Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jamaica coalition

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables: ja-maica -coali-tion
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A German governing coalition among the parties of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Free Democratic Party (FDP), and the Greens.

Example Sentences

"Actually, the most likely government, a so-called Jamaica coalition of chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats with the FDP and Greens, could bring some good news for the eurozone."
"Despite pressure on the CDU’s Armin Laschet to relinquish his claim to a place in government after the party returned its historically worst ever result, he is forging ahead in his attempts to woo both the Greens and the pro-business FDP to form a CDU-led Jamaica coalition, so-called due to yellow, black and green colours of the three parties matching those of Jamaica’s flag."

Etymology

Calque of German Jamaika-Koalition. The symbolic colors of the three parties correspond to the colors of the flag of Jamaica: black for the CDU, yellow for the FDP, and green for the Greens.

Inflected Forms

Jamaica coalitions (plural)

Questions

What does jamaica coalition mean?: A German governing coalition among the parties of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Free Democratic Party (FDP), and the Greens.
Where does jamaica coalition come from?: Calque of German Jamaika-Koalition. The symbolic colors of the three parties correspond to the colors of the flag of Jamaica: black for the CDU, yellow for the FDP, and green for the Greens.

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