Bahamas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

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

bə-hä'-məz /bəˈhɑː.məz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Bahamas.wav en-us-Bahamas.ogg

Bahamas the Bahamas

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

Nassau

Bahamian

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