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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 (UK):(file)
  • 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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Translations

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countries in North America (appendix)edit

Breton

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Bahamas f pl

  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 (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

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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countries in North America: pays de l'Amérique du Nord (appendix)edit

Galician

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Bahamas f pl (plural only)

  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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Proper noun

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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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Lithuanian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bɐɣɐˈmɐs]
  • Rhymes: -ɐs
  • Syllabification: Ba‧ha‧màs

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Bahamàs

  1. accusative of Bahãmos

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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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from English Bahamas.

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    • Hyphenation: Ba‧ha‧mas

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    Bahamas f pl (plural only)

    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 (plural only)

    1. Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)
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    countries in North America: países del América del Norte/Norteamérica (appendix)edit

    Swedish

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    Bahamas n (genitive Bahamas)

    1. Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)
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    countries in North America: Nordamerikas länder (appendix)edit

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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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    countries in North America: gwledydd Gogledd America (appendix)edit
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