Cotterwood is a town in Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica. Brief history Saint Elizabeth originally included most of the south-west part of the island but in 1703 Westmoreland was taken from it and in 1814 a part of Manchester Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is at latitude 18° 4' 60" N, Longtitude 77° 54' 0" W and at an altitude of 107 metres. Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi ( Φ) gives the location of a place on Earth (or other planetary body north or south of the Longitude (ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd or ˈlɒŋgɪˌtjuːd symbolized by the Greek character Lambda (λ is the east-west Geographic coordinate measurement Altitude is the Elevation of a point or object from a known level or datum (plural data
The community here was founded by Maroons who originally came from Cattawood Springs in Portland Parish, joining forces with Cudjoe in 1730. Maroons redirects here and may refer to Queensland state rugby league team. Cattawood Springs is a place in Portland Parish, Jamaica located at Latitude 18 04' 00" Longitude 76 26' 00" Geography and demography The parish is situated at Latitude 18°10' N and Longitude 75°27'W Year 1730 ( MDCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The community has retained much of African culture in consequence. , with the names Yulie and Oli being used often. The local dialect includes several African words such as bafan which refers to someone who is clumsy, bubu, for someone who behaves stupid, buffa-buffa meaning fat, chacka-chaka for someone who is untidy and fenke fenke for feeble. The name of Cotterwood (like Cattawood) probably derives from the Twi word katá which means to cover conceal or protect[1]. Twi (tɕʷi in Twi ˈtwiː /ˈtʃiː/ or /ˈtʃwiː/ in English specifically Ashanti Twi is a language spoken in Ghana by about 15 million people
Leonard Barrett, the author of several books including The Sun and The Drum comes from Cotterwood and has researched the African roots in Jamaican Folk Tradition. See also Folk (disambiguation, Volk (disambiguation Folk is one of the Germanic roots that mean "(of the people" or "our The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem acc of traditio which means "a giving up delivering up surrendering" and is used in a number of
References
- ^ A Dictionary of Jamaican English edited by F. G. Cassidy, R. B. Le Page accessed 18thFebruary 2007
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