Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see St., James. A saint named James / A district of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. / An unincorporated community in Stone County, Arkansas, United States.

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Convent.

Name of an immortal sloth-bear (or sometimes a monkey) in Hindu mythology, often stylized as "king of the bears".

plural of King James Bible

(biblical) The twentieth book of the New Testament.

(uncountable, sometimes derogatory, slang) A notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Jamaicans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be leisurely, not rigorous about scheduling, and often tardy.

(psychology) An early hypothesis as to the origin and nature of emotions, stating that physiological arousal instigates the experience of emotion.

plural of Jamaica train

(historical) A series of sirops or kettles used for the gradual concentration of sugar juice into crystalline form.

the act or process of Jamaicanizing.