English Explanatory Dictionary

Jamaica coalition

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Jamaica coalition Jamaica coalitions

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.

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