# Bahamas
## English
### Alternative forms

* The Bahamas

### 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: /bəˈhɑː.məz/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Proper noun

the Bahamas
* 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

* Bahamian

#### Translations
### See also

* Nassau
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Canada
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States of America

## Breton
### Proper noun

Bahamas f pl
* Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

## Central Nahuatl
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bahamas.

### Proper noun

Bahamas
* Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

## Danish
### Proper noun

Bahamas
* Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* bahamaner
* bahamansk

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.a.mas/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Bahamas f pl (plural only)
* Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

### See also

* Antigua-et-Barbuda
* Bahamas
* Barbade
* Canada
* Cuba
* Dominique
* États-Unis
* Grenade
* Haïti
* Jamaïque
* Mexique
* République dominicaine
* Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès
* Saint-Vincent-et-Grenadines
* Sainte-Lucie
* Trinité-et-Tobago

## Galician
### Proper noun

Bahamas f pl
* Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* bahamés

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

die Bahamas pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)
* Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

#### Declension
## Interlingua
### Proper noun

Bahamas
* Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

## Italian
### Proper noun

Bahamas f pl (plural only)
* Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

#### Derived terms

* bahamense

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Bahamas
* Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* bahamaner
* bahamansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Bahamas
* Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* bahaman, bahamanar
* bahamansk

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* Baamas

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Bahamas.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /baˈʁɐ̃.mɐs/ [baˈhɐ̃.mɐs], /baˈɐ̃.mɐs/
* (Brazil) IPA: /baˈʁɐ̃.mɐs/ [baˈhɐ̃.mɐs], /baˈɐ̃.mɐs/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /baˈʁɐ̃.mɐʃ/ [baˈχɐ̃.mɐʃ], /baˈɐ̃.mɐʃ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /baˈʁɐ.mas/ [baˈhɐ.mas], /baˈɐ.mas/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈɐ.mɐʃ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈɐ.mɐʃ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈa.mɐʃ/

### Proper noun

Bahamas f pl
* Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

#### Derived terms

* bahamense
* bahamês
* bahamiano

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Bahamas f pl
* Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* bahamés, bahamesa
* bahameño, bahameña

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Bahamas n (genitive Bahamas)
* Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* bahamansk (“Bahamian”, adjective)
* bahaman c (“Bahamian male”)
* bahamanska c (“Bahamian female”)

### Further reading

* Bahamas in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
* Svensk MeSH

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Bahamas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜋᜐ᜔)
* Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /baˈhamas/
* (South Wales) IPA: /baˈha(ː)maz/

### Proper noun

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

#### Coordinate terms

* Antigwa a Barbiwda
* Barbados
* Canada
* Ciwba
* Dominica
* Grenada
* Gweriniaeth Dominica
* Haiti
* Jamaica
* Mecsico
* Sant Kitts-Nevis
* Sant Lwsia
* Sant Vincent a'r Grenadines
* Trinidad a Thobago
* Unol Daleithiau America
* y Bahamas