Bahamas

See also: Baħamas and Bahama's

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Bahamas

  1. A country in the Caribbean. Official names, short: The Bahamas; full: Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

Usage notes

  • (country): Normally used in the singular since it is the name of a country.

Derived terms

Translations

See also


Breton

Proper noun

Bahamas

  1. Bahamas

Danish

Proper noun

Bahamas

  1. Bahamas

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.a.mas/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Bahamas f pl

  1. Bahamas

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Bahamas pl

  1. Bahamas

Interlingua

Proper noun

Bahamas

  1. Bahamas

Italian

Proper noun

Bahamas f pl (plural only)

  1. Bahamas

Derived terms


Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Bahamas

  1. Bahamas

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Bahamas

  1. Bahamas

Portuguese

Proper noun

Bahamas f pl

  1. Bahamas (a country and archipelago in Caribbean)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈamas/

Proper noun

Bahamas f pl

  1. Bahamas

Swedish

Proper noun

Bahamas n (genitive Bahamas)

  1. Bahamas
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