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Bahamas

See also: Baħamas and Bahama's

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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the Bahamas

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

Usage notes

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  • 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.

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Breton

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Bahamas

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

Central Nahuatl

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Bahamas.

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Bahamas

  1. Bahamas (a country in North America)

Danish

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Bahamas

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

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Bahamas f pl (plural only)

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

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Galician

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Bahamas f pl

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

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

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

Declension

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Declension of Bahamas [pl-only]
plural
def. noun
nominative die Bahamas
genitive der Bahamas
dative den Bahamas
accusative die Bahamas

Interlingua

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Bahamas

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

Italian

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Bahamas f pl (plural only)

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Bahamas

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

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Bahamas

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

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Bahamas.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈʁɐ̃.mɐs/ [baˈhɐ̃.mɐs], /baˈɐ̃.mɐs/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /baˈʁɐ̃.mɐʃ/ [baˈχɐ̃.mɐʃ], /baˈɐ̃.mɐʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈʁɐ.mas/ [baˈhɐ.mas], /baˈɐ.mas/
 

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Bahamas f pl

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

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Spanish

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  • IPA(key): /baˈamas/ [baˈa.mas]
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  • Rhymes: -amas
  • Syllabification: Ba‧ha‧mas

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Bahamas f pl

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

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Bahamas n (genitive Bahamas)

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

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Tagalog

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Bahamas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜋᜐ᜔)

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


Welsh

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y Bahamas f

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

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