Bahamas

See also: Baħamas and Bahama's

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

the Bahamas

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

Usage notes

  • 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.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

countries in North America (appendix)edit

Breton

Proper noun

Bahamas f pl

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

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bahamas.

Proper noun

Bahamas

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

Danish

Proper noun

Bahamas

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

French

Pronunciation

  • (Europe) IPA(key): /ba.a.mas/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ba.a.mɑːs/, /ba.a.mɑː/
  • Audio (France):(file)

Proper noun

Bahamas f pl (plural only)

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

See also

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

Galician

Proper noun

Bahamas f pl (plural only)

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

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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

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

Declension

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

Interlingua

Proper noun

Bahamas

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

Italian

Proper noun

Bahamas f pl (plural only)

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

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Bahamas

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Bahamas

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Bahamas.

Pronunciation

 
  • (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/
 

Proper noun

Bahamas f pl (plural only)

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

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Bahamas f pl (plural only)

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Bahamas n (genitive Bahamas)

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

See also

countries in North America: Nordamerikas länder (appendix)edit

Further reading

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈhamas/ [bɐˈhaː.mɐs]
  • Rhymes: -amas
  • Syllabification: Ba‧ha‧mas

Proper noun

Bahamas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜋᜐ᜔)

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

Proper noun

y Bahamas f

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

Coordinate terms

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