Nanny Town
Nanny Town was a village in the Blue Mountains of Portland Parish, northeastern Jamaica, used as a stronghold of Jamaican Maroons. During the early 18th century, the region was led by an Ashanti escapee slave known as Queen Nanny, or Granny Nanny, who gave the town its name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: village in Jamaica
- Also known as: “Old Nanny Town”
Nanny Town
- Categories: human settlement, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Durham, Portland Parish, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Nanny Town” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Nanny鎮”
- Dutch: “Nanny Town”
- Japanese: “ナニー・タウン”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nanny Town”
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