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bahamas

/bəˈhɑː.məz/

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What does bahamas mean?

proper noun

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

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/bəˈhɑː.məz/

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Range -- North America, east of the Rockies; north to Manitoba, And south to Florida and the Bahamas.
Neltje BlanchanBird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifty Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our HomesProject Gutenberg ebook #1889
Overview: The Bahamas is a stable, middle-income developing nation whose economy is based primarily on tourism and offshore banking.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1992 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #48
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His adventurous spirit was at once kindled, and getting together a likely crew without loss of time, he set sail for the Bahamas.
Samuel SmilesSelf Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and PerseveranceProject Gutenberg ebook #935
It was not till the 1st of May that the Nautilus resumed its northerly course, after having sighted the Bahamas at the mouth of the Bahama Canal.
Jules VerneTwenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #164
Here follows a description of the garden; it is a picture of a glorious world, of that age when the climate of the Bahamas extended to Spitzbergen.
Ignatius DonnellyRagnarok : the Age of Fire and GravelProject Gutenberg ebook #5109