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This tag is for questions related to the English language as used in the Caribbean.
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Why is "hammock" spelled the way it is?
The word hammock comes from Arawakan hamaca and Taíno amaca.
type of hanging bed, 1650s, alteration of hamack, hamaca (1550s), from Spanish hamaca, from Arawakan (Haiti) word apparently meaning "fish …
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