Bahamas

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Bahamas

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• The Bahamas

Disputed; probably from Spanish baja mar (“shallow sea”) or Taíno ba ha ma (“big upper middle land”), via Spanish.

• (UK, US) enPR: bə-hä'-məz, IPA^(key): /bəˈhɑː.məz/

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the Bahamas

2. An archipelago and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

• Like other country names, The Bahamas is usually construed as a singular noun:

   The Bahamas is a nice place to live.

   The Bahamas are a horrible place to live.

• But because Bahama refers to an individual island, one can still describe the islands using Bahamas as a plural:

   Many species of crab live on the Bahamas.

• Bahamian

• Nassau
• (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America

Bahamas

1. Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

Borrowed from Spanish Bahamas.

Bahamas

1. Bahamas (a country in North America)

Bahamas

1. Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

• bahamaner
• bahamansk

• IPA^(key): /ba.a.mas/

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Bahamas f pl (plural only)

1. Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

• (countries of North America) pays de l'Amérique du Nord; Antigua-et-Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbade, Canada, Cuba, Dominique, États-Unis, Grenade, Haïti, Jamaïque, Mexique, République dominicaine, Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès, Saint-Vincent-et-Grenadines, Sainte-Lucie, Trinité-et-Tobago ^{(Category: fr:Countries in North America)}

Bahamas f pl

1. Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

• bahamés

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die Bahamas pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)

1. Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

Bahamas

1. Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Bahamas

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Bahamas f pl (plural only)

1. Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

• bahamense

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Bahamas

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Bahamas

1. Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

• bahamaner
• bahamansk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Bahamas

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Bahamas

1. Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

• bahaman, bahamanar
• bahamansk

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Bahamas

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• Baamas

Unadapted borrowing from English Bahamas.

Bahamas f pl

1. Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Bahamas

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• IPA^(key): /baˈamas/

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• Rhymes: -amas
• Syllabification: Ba‧ha‧mas

Bahamas f pl

1. Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

• bahamés, bahamesa
• bahameño, bahameña

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Bahamas

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Bahamas n (genitive Bahamas)

1. Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

• bahamansk (“Bahamian”, adjective)
• bahaman c (“Bahamian male”)
• bahamanska c (“Bahamian female”)

• Bahamas in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈhamas/
• Rhymes: -amas
• Syllabification: Ba‧ha‧mas

Bahamas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜋᜐ᜔)

1. Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:

y Bahamas

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• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /baˈhamas/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /baˈha(ː)maz/

y Bahamas f

1. Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean; official name: Cymanwlad y Bahamas)

• (countries of North America) gwledydd Gogledd America; Antigwa a Barbiwda, y Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Ciwba, Dominica, Grenada, Gweriniaeth Dominica, Haiti, Jamaica, Mecsico, Sant Kitts-Nevis, Sant Lwsia, Sant Vincent a'r Grenadines, Trinidad a Thobago, Unol Daleithiau America