Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jama

/dʒˈæmə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: ja-ma
IPA: /dʒˈæmə/

13

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

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Initialism of Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Initialism of Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association.

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Initialism of Journal of Asian Martial Arts (a former magazine).

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Example Sentences

"This is especially true for Black women. the rate of deaths from breast cancer among Black women in their 40s was 27 per 100,000 person-years, compared to 15 per 100,000 person-years among White women, according to a 2023 JAMA Network Open study."
"“The playbook presents an antiscience, antidata, and antimedicine agenda,” according to a piece last year by Boston University researchers in JAMA."

Etymology

From the Arabic/Islamic surname, from جامع (“gatherer”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: -, ج م ع

Inflected Forms

Jamas (plural)

Rhymes With

alabama gamma panorama grama docudrama

Questions

How do you pronounce jama?: The recorded pronunciation is /dʒˈæmə/.
What does jama mean?: Initialism of Journal of the American Medical Association.
Where does jama come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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