Bermuda

English edit

Etymology edit

From the name of Juan de Bermudez, the Spanish explorer who discovered the islands in 1515. See Bermúdez.

Pronunciation edit

(General American) IPA^(key): /bɚˈmjuːdə/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bəˈmjuːdə/
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Proper noun edit

Bermuda

An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean, 580 nautical miles (1074 kilometers) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
Synonym: (former name) Somers Isles
- 1613, Samuel Purchas, Pvrchas His Pilgrimes‎^[1], volume I, London, →OCLC, page 632:
  Sir Thomas Gates was appointed Lieutenant Generall ; Sir George Sommers Admirall of Virginia and were ſent to reſide there as Gouernours of the Colonie. But the Sea Venture, wherein the two Knights, and Captaine Newport, with a hundred and fiftie perſons ſayled, after long conflict with the two angrie Elements, was ſent to be impriſoned in Bermuda, where betweene two Rocks the Ship ſplit, the people eſcaping to Land.

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island group

Albanian: Bermuda
Arabic: جُزُر بَرْمُودَا f pl (juzur barmūdā)
Egyptian Arabic: برمودا f (bermūdā)
Belarusian: Бэрму́ды f pl (Bermúdy), Бэрму́дзкія вы́спы f pl (Bermúdzkija výspy)
Breton: Bermuda
Bulgarian: Берму́да f (Bermúda)
Catalan: Bermudes (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 百慕達／百慕达 (zh) (Bǎimùdá), 百慕大 (zh) (Bǎimùdà), 百慕大群島／百慕大群岛 (zh) (Bǎimùdà qúndǎo)
Cornish: Bermuda
Czech: Bermudy (cs) pl
Danish: Bermuda
Dutch: Bermuda (nl)
Esperanto: Bermudo, Bermudoj
Estonian: Bermuda (et)
Finnish: Bermuda (fi)
French: Bermudes (fr) f pl
Galician: Bermuda (gl)
German: Bermuda (de) n
Greek: Βερμούδες (el) f pl (Vermoúdes)
Hebrew: ברמודה (Bermuda)
Hindi: बेर्म्युडा (bermyuḍā)
Hungarian: Bermuda (hu), Bermudák pl, Bermuda-szigetek pl
Icelandic: Bermúda
Indonesian: Bermuda (id)
Interlingua: Bermuda
Irish: Beirmiúda, na Beirmiúdaí pl
Italian: Bermude f pl
Japanese: バーミューダ (Bāmyūda), バミューダ (Bamyūda)
Korean: 버뮤다 (ko) (Beomyuda), 버뮤더 (ko) (Beomyudeo) (North Korea)
Latvian: Bermudu salas
Lithuanian: Bermudai (lt)
Macedonian: Берму́ди f pl (Bermúdi), Берму́да f (Bermúda)
Malay: Bermuda
Maltese: Bermuda
Maori: Pāmura
Norman: Bermude f
Norwegian: Bermuda
Persian: برمودا (barmudâ)
Polish: Bermudy (pl) pl
Portuguese: Bermudas (pt) f pl
Romanian: Bermuda (ro), Bermude f
Russian: Берму́ды (ru) m pl (Bermúdy), Берму́дские острова́ m pl (Bermúdskije ostrová)
Scottish Gaelic: Bermuda
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Бермуди pl

Roman: Bermudi pl
Slovak: Bermudy pl
Slovene: Bermuda f
Spanish: Bermudas (es) f pl
Swedish: Bermuda (sv) n
Thai: เบอร์มิวดา (bəə-miu-dâa)
Turkish: Bermuda (tr)
Ukrainian: Берму́ди m pl (Bermúdy), Берму́дські острови́ (uk) m pl (Bermúdsʹki ostrový)
Vietnamese: Béc-mu-đa
Volapük: Bärmuduäns (vo)

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