Bahamas
English edit
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Etymology edit
Disputed; probably from Spanish baja mar (“shallow sea”) or Taíno ba ha ma (“big upper middle land”), via Spanish.
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the Bahamas
- An archipelago and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
Usage notes edit
- Like other country names, The Bahamas is usually construed as a singular noun:
- But because Bahama refers to an individual island, one can still describe the islands using Bahamas as a plural:
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country in the Caribbean
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Breton edit
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Bahamas
- Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)
Central Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Bahamas.
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Bahamas
- Bahamas (a country in North America)
Danish edit
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Bahamas
- Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)
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Bahamas f pl (plural only)
- Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)
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- (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)
Galician edit
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Bahamas f pl
- Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)
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die Bahamas pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)
- Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)
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Bahamas
- Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)
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Bahamas f pl (plural only)
- Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Bahamas
- Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Bahamas
- Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)
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Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Bahamas.
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Bahamas f pl
- Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)
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Spanish edit
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Bahamas f pl
- Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)
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Bahamas n (genitive Bahamas)
- Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)
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- bahamansk (“Bahamian”, adjective)
- bahaman c (“Bahamian male”)
- bahamanska c (“Bahamian female”)
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /baˈhamas/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /baˈha(ː)maz/
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y Bahamas f
- Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)
Coordinate terms edit
- (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
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- Cymanwlad y Bahamas (“Commonwealth of the Bahamas”)