Bahamas

Baħamas Bahama's English thumb|240px|Flag of The Bahamas Alternative forms en The Bahamas Etymology Disputed; probably from en es baja mar shallow sea or en tnq ba ha ma big upper middle land, via Spanish. Pronunciation bə-hä'-məz UK,US, en /bəˈhɑː.məz/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Bahamas.wav UK en en-us-Bahamas.ogg US Proper noun the Bahamas en Q778en archipelago/and/country r/Caribbean 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 en Bahaman Bahamian Translations Q778 country in the Caribbean Afrikaans: af Bahamas p Albanian: sq Bahama Amharic: am ባሃማስ Arabic: ar اَلْبَهَامَا f-p, ar باهاما f-p bāhāmā Armenian: hy Բահամյան Կղզիներ p, hy Բահամներ p Asturian: ast Bahames f-p Azerbaijani: az Baham adaları p Belarusian: be Бага́мы f-p, be Бага́мскія Астравы́ m-p Bengali: bn বাহামা Dzongkha: dz བཱ་ཧ་མས྄ Breton: br Bahamas f-p Bulgarian: bg Баха́мски острови m-p Burmese: my ဘဟားမား Carpathian Rusyn: rue Бага́мы p, rue Бага́мскы островы́ p Catalan: ca Bahames m-p Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 巴哈馬 Bāhāmǎ Czech: cs Bahamy f-p Danish: da Bahamas Dhivehi: dv ބަހާމަސް Dutch: nl Bahama's p Esperanto: eo Bahamoj p Estonian: et Bahama, et Bahama saared p Farefare: gur Bahama-dõma, gur Bahama-tɩŋa Finnish: fi Bahama, fi Bahamasaaret p French: fr Bahamas f-p Frisian: West Frisian: fy Bahama's n-p Galician: gl Bahamas f-p Georgian: ka ბაჰამის კუნძულები German: de Bahamas p Greek: el Μπαχάμες f-p Hebrew: he בהאמה f bahama, he איי בהאמה lye bahama Hindi: hi बहामास Hungarian: hu Bahamák p, hu Bahama-szigetek p Icelandic: is Bahamaeyjar Indonesian: id Bahama Interlingua: ia Bahamas Irish: ga Bahámaí na Bahámaí, ga Comhlathas na mBahámaí m Italian: it Bahamas f-p, it Bahama f-p Jamaican Creole: jam Ba’aamaz Japanese: ja バハマ Bahama Kalenjin: kln Pahama Kamba: kam Mbaama Kashmiri: ks बहामास, ks بَہاماس Kazakh: kk Багам аралдары p Khmer: km បាហាម៉ា Kikuyu: ki Bahamas Korean: ko ^바하마 Kyrgyz: ky Багама аралдары p Lao: lo ບາຮາມາດ Latin: la Insulae Bahamenses f-p Latvian: lv Bahamas Lithuanian: lt Bahamos Luhya: luy Ebahama Luo: luo Bahamas Macedonian: mk Баха́ми p, mk Баха́мски О́строви p Malay: ms Bahamas Maltese: mt Baħamas m Manx: gv Bahamaghyn Ny Bahamaghyn f-p Meru: mer Bahama Mongolian: mn Багамын арлууд Nauruan: na Bahamas Norman: nrf Bahames f-p Norwegian: no Bahamas Occitan: oc Bahamas f-p Ossetian: os Багамӕтӕ Persian: fa باهاما bâhâmâ Pitcairn-Norfolk: pih Baahamas p Polish: pl Bahamy nv-p Portuguese: pt Bahamas f-p, pt Baamas f-p Romanian: ro Bahamas Russian: ru Бага́мы f-p, ru Бага́мские Острова́ m-p Sami: Northern Sami: se Bahamas sullot Scottish Gaelic: na gd Bahàmas Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Бахами p, sh Бахамска острва m-p Latin: sh Bahami p, sh Bahamska ostrva m-p Sinhalese: si බහමාස් Slovak: sk Bahamy Slovene: sl Bahámi m-p Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: hsb Bahamy p Spanish: las es Bahamas f-p Swahili: sw Bahama Swedish: sv Bahamas n Tagalog: tl Bahamas Tajik: tg Баҳамас Tamil: ta பஹாமாஸ், ta பகாமாஸ், ta பகாமாசு Tatar: tt Багамалар p, tt Багама утраулары p Thai: th บาฮามาส Tibetan: bo བ་ཧ་མཱ་སི Turkish: tr Bahamalar p Turkmen: tk Bagama Adalary Ukrainian: uk Бага́ми f-p, uk Бага́мські Острови́ m-p Urdu: ur بہاماس bahāmās Uyghur: ug باھاما Uzbek: uz Bagamalar p, uz Bagama orollari p Vietnamese: vi Ba-ha-mát Yiddish: yi באַהאַמאַס See also en Nassau en pluralia tantum Breton Proper noun br proper noun f-p br Bahamas Q778 Central Nahuatl Etymology Borrowed from nhn es Bahamas. Proper noun nhn proper noun nhn Bahamas Q778 Danish Proper noun da Bahamas Q778 Related terms da bahamaner da bahamansk French Pronunciation Bahamace Bahama Europe fr /ba.a.mɑːs/ /ba.a.mɑː/ Canada fr Fr-Bahamas.ogg France fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Bahamas.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) Proper noun f-p fr Bahamas Q778 See also Galician Proper noun f-p gl Bahamas Q778 Related terms gl bahamés German Pronunciation de De-Bahamas.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun p.article de Bahamas Q778 Declension p.article Interlingua Proper noun ia Bahamas Q778 Italian it: Proper noun f-p it Bahamas Q778 Derived terms it bahamense Lithuanian Pronunciation Bahamàs Proper noun lt proper noun form Bahamàs lt Bahãmos acc Norwegian Bokmål no: Proper noun nb proper noun nb Bahamas Q778 Related terms nb bahamaner nb bahamansk Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Bahamas Q778 Related terms nn bahaman, nn bahamanar nn bahamansk Portuguese pt: Alternative forms pt Baamas Etymology pt :ubor en:Bahamas + 1 Pronunciation + [h:r],+ pt Ba ha mas Proper noun f-p pt Bahamas Q778 Derived terms pt bahamense bahamiano baamês Spanish es: Pronunciation +<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-Bahamas.wav> Proper noun f-p es Bahamas Q778 Related terms es bahamés, es bahamesa es bahameño, es bahameña See also Swedish sv: Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Bahamas.wav Proper noun n sv Bahamas Q778 Related terms sv bahamansk adjective Bahamian sv bahaman c Bahamian male sv bahamanska c Bahamian female See also Further reading 12 Svensk MeSH Tagalog Pronunciation Proper noun + tl Bahamas Q778 Welsh cy:y + Pronunciation cy /baˈhamas/ cy-N cy /baˈha(ː)maz/ cy-S Proper noun f y Bahamas cy Bahamas Q778 Cymanwlad y Bahamas Coordinate terms