Bermuda
See also: bermuda
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the name of Juan de Bermudez, the Spanish explorer who discovered the islands in 1515. See Bermúdez.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɚˈmjuːdə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəˈmjuːdə/
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Proper nounEdit
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.
- 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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TranslationsEdit
island group
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Further readingEdit
NounEdit
Bermuda (uncountable)
- A pale, slightly blue shade of green
- Bermuda:
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GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
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Proper nounEdit
Bermuda n (proper noun, genitive Bermudas or (optionally with an article) Bermuda)
- Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Bermuda [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Derived termsEdit
LatinEdit
Proper nounEdit
Bermūda f sg (genitive Bermūdae); first declension
- (New Latin) Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Bermūda |
Genitive | Bermūdae |
Dative | Bermūdae |
Accusative | Bermūdam |
Ablative | Bermūdā |
Vocative | Bermūda |
Locative | Bermūdae |
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the name of Juan de Bermudez, the Spanish explorer who discovered the islands in 1515. See Bermúdez.
Proper nounEdit
Bermuda n (genitive Bermudas)
- Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)
Related termsEdit
- bermudisk (“Bermudian”, adjective)
- bermudier c (“Bermudian male”)
- bermudiska c (“Bermudian female”)