Bahamas

Definition: Bahamas

Bahamas

Noun

1. Island country in the Atlantic east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Bahamas" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1702. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Bahamas

Crosswords: Bahamas

Dutch (Bahamas), German (Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Bahamas (bs)), Portuguese (Bahama Islands, Bahamas).

Ain't the Bahamas ((It's Just) The Way That You Love Me; performing artist: Paula Abdul)

Lies, lies, says he down in the Bahamas (Original Prankster; performing artist: The Offspring)

Las Bahamas Nassau (1969)

Banane a Bahamas (1998)

Dawn's Bahamas Vacation (1997)

On Location in the Bahamas (1994)

Bahamas Holiday (1980)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2003 Export Competitiveness of The Bahamas (reference)

• The 2003 Import Potential of The Bahamas (reference)

• A Strategic Profile of Bahamas,1999 edition (reference)

• Executive Report on Strategies in Bahamas, 2000 edition (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Crustaceans and Molluscs in Bahamas (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Diving and Snorkeling Guide to the Bahamas Family Islands and Grand Bahama (reference)

• The Abaco Guide: A Cruising Guide to the Northern Bahamas Including Grand Bahama, the Bight of Abaco, and the Abacos (reference)

• National Audubon Society Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes: Of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda (reference)

• Fishes of the Atlantic Coast: Canada to Brazil, Including the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean: 408 Fishes in Full (reference)

• Carbonate Platform Slopes-A Record of Changing Conditions: The Pliocene of the Bahamas (Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 75) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Bahamas Index & Yearbook (reference)

• Bahamas Dateline (reference)

• Bahamas Financial Digest (reference)

• Bahamas In Figures (reference)

• Bahamas Journal Of Science (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Bahamas (reference)

• Barbados & Bahamas (reference)

• Fly Fishing Video Magazine Vol.39 Bahamas Bonefish (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Bahamas Pajamas (reference)

• Kneelin' Down Inside The Gate: The Great Rhyming Singers of the Bahamas (reference)

• Real Bahamas, Vol. 1-2 (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Hurricane Fran approaching the Bahamas and the US in September 1996, asviewed by GOES-8(Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite). Credit: NASA.

Lt. Joseph Lushene observing gravity in Bahamas Cooperative project with the Navy and F. A. Vening Meinesz. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Near vertical dropoff at edge of reef on Eleuthera Island Record from Ship PEIRCE off Eleuthera Island, Bahamas, 1984. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Aerial photograph of school of 400-500 pound bluefin tuna off Cat Cay, Bahamas Islands. The reason there are only adult tuna in the photo, is that they have come together for spawning. Credit: Fisheries.

Flying to Tropical Storm Dawn. A view of submarine topography on the Bahamas Banks. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Transitting to Hurricane Esther. A view of submarine topography on the Bahamas Banks. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Vase sponge and squirrel fish off NURC station in Bahamas. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

PHANTOM 300 guided by diver records a stalagmite in a cave in the Bahamas. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Divers studying conch biology in the Bahamas. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

DELTA loads up for diving to study geology in the Bahamas. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

A "major" market is defined as a country where Bahamas represents a substantially large share of either imports or exports. (references)

From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Bahamas compared to other major country markets. (references)

Children

Bahamas

The Disability Affairs Unit of the Ministry of Social Development and National Insurance works with the Bahamas Council for Disability, an umbrella organization of nongovernmental organizations that offer services for persons with disabilities, to provide a coordinated public and private sector approach to the needs of persons with disabilities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bahamas

The country's sole television station, the state-owned Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (BCB), presents a variety of views, although opposition politicians claim, with some justification, that their views do not receive as extensive coverage as those of the Government. (references)

Economic History

Bahamas

Considerable underemployment also exists in The Bahamas. (references)

Political Economy

THE BAHAMAS

Children are not employed to do industrial work in The Bahamas. (references)

THE BAHAMAS

Tourism, the largest economic sector in The Bahamas, was immediately affected. (references)

THE BAHAMAS

If this downturn in tourism continues, the economic loss to The Bahamas will be enormous. (references)

Trade

Bahamas

In addition to duties, The Bahamas charges a 7 percent "stamp tax" on most imports. (references)

Costa Rica

BICSA, jointly owned by the three state commercial banks, is chartered in the Bahamas. (references)

Bahamas

On average, The Bahamas charges an export stamp tax of 4 percent on most exports from the country. (references)

Travel

Bahamas

Nassau's privately-owned Doctors Hospital is widely regarded as the best medical facility in The Bahamas. (references)

Bahamas

Many churches in The Bahamas have proud traditions of gospel choir singing, and church services can be quite lively. (references)

Bahamas

Business lunches are common in The Bahamas, and invitations to discuss matters over lunch in a quiet restaurant are common practice. (references)

Worker Rights

Bahamas

Following the suspensions, the Bahamas Air Traffic Controllers Union received the backing of two major labor confederations. (references)

Bahamas

On November 15, the newly formed Bahamas Financial Services Union received a certificate of recognition officially acknowledging it as the bargaining union for nonmanagement bank employees of Barclays Bank PLC. Bank employees facing the pending merger of Barclays Bank PLC and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce formed the union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "Bahamas": capital of the Bahamas ♦ commonwealth of the Bahamas ♦ the bahamas. Additional references.

Chinese 

巴�"�马. (various references)

Czech

Bahamské Ostrovy. (various references)

Danish

Bahamas (Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas, The Commonwealth of the Bahamas). (various references)

Dutch

Bahamas, Bahama Eilanden, het Gemenebest de Bahama-eilanden (The Commonwealth of the Bahamas), de Bahama's (The Commonwealth of the Bahamas), de Bahama-eilanden (The Commonwealth of the Bahamas). (various references)

Esperanto

Bahamoj (Bahama Islands). (various references)

Finnish

BS (Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas), Bahaman liittovaltio (Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas), Bahama (Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas). (various references)

French

BS (backspace, back-space, Bahamas-ISO code, Commonwealth of the Bahamas, The Bahamas), BHS (Bahamas-ISO code, Commonwealth of the Bahamas), Bahamas (Commonwealth of the Bahamas, The Commonwealth of the Bahamas), BAH, Le Commonwealth des Bahamas (Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas, The Commonwealth of the Bahamas), Commonwealth des Bahamas (Commonwealth of the Bahamas). (various references)

German

Bahamas (Bahama Islands, Bahamas (bs)). (various references)

Greek 

BS (Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas), Κοινοπολιτεία των Μπαχαμών (Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas), Μπαχάμες (Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas). (various references)

Italian

BS (commercial broadcasting station, Commonwealth of the Bahamas, The Bahamas), BHS (Commonwealth of the Bahamas), Bahamas (Commonwealth of the Bahamas, The Bahamas, The Commonwealth of the Bahamas), Commonwealth delle Bahamas (Commonwealth of the Bahamas, The Bahamas, The Commonwealth of the Bahamas). (various references)

Korean 

�"하마. (various references)

Pig Latin

ahamasbay.(various references)

Portuguese

Bahamas (Bahama Islands). (various references)

Russian 

багамский остров, Багамские острова (Bahama Islands). (various references)

Spanish

BS (Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas), Bahamas (Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas), Commonwealth de las Bahamas (Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas). (various references)

Swedish

BS (biochemical oxygen demand, Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas), Bahamas (Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas), bahamaöarna (the bahamas), Samväldet Bahamas (Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas). (various references)

Misspellings

"Bahamas" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aahmes, Ahamad, Badamassi, Bakhim, Balafas, Baphomet, Barajas, Barhams, Basharmal, Bathams, Bhadase, Bhamo, Bohana, Bohemus, Razamasy. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: abash, amahs, samba.

-3 letters: aahs, abas, amah, amas, baas, bams, bash, hams, mash, sham.

-4 letters: aah, aas, aba, abs, aha, ama, ash, baa, bah, bam, bas, ham, has, mas, sab, sha.

-5 letters: aa, ab, ah, am, as, ba, ha, hm, ma, sh.

+1 letter: mastabah.

+2 letters: mastabahs.

+4 letters: amphisbaena.

+5 letters: amphisbaenae, amphisbaenas.