Bahamas

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

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

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Bahamas

1. An archipelago and country in the Caribbean. Official names: The Bahamas and Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

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

• Bahamian

• Nassau
• (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States

Bahamas

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

Borrowed from Spanish Bahamas.

Bahamas

1. Bahamas (a country in North America)

Bahamas

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

• IPA^(key): /ba.a.mas/

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Bahamas f pl (plural only)

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

• (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)}

Bahamas f pl

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

• bahamés

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

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

Bahamas

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

Bahamas f pl (plural only)

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

• bahamense

Bahamas

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

• bahamaner
• bahamansk

Bahamas

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

• bahaman, bahamanar
• bahamansk

• Baamas

Bahamas f pl

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

• bahamense
• bahamiano

• IPA^(key): /baˈamas/ [baˈa.mas]

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• Rhymes: -amas
• Syllabification: Ba‧ha‧mas

Bahamas f pl

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

• bahamés, bahamesa
• bahameño, bahameña

Bahamas n (genitive Bahamas)

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

• bahamansk (“Bahamian”, adjective)
• bahaman c (“Bahamian male”)
• bahamanska c (“Bahamian female”)

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /baˈhamas/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /baˈhaːmaz/, /baˈhamaz/

y Bahamas f

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

• Cymanwlad y Bahamas (“Commonwealth of the Bahamas”)