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bahamas
/bəˈhɑː.məz/
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What does bahamas mean?
proper noun
- An archipelago and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
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Range -- North America, east of the Rockies; north to Manitoba, And south to Florida and the Bahamas.
Overview: The Bahamas is a stable, middle-income developing nation whose economy is based primarily on tourism and offshore banking.
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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.
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.
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.