Bahama

Bahama (), resmina Pasamakmuran Bahama (), nyaéta hiji nagara nu miboga 29 pulo, 661 kéi, jeung 2.387 islét. Nagara ieu aya di Samudra Atlantik kaléreun Kuba jeung Hispaniola (Républik Dominika jeung Haiti), kalér-kuloneun Kapuloan Turks jeung Caicos, sarta tenggaraeun Amérika Sarikat (pangdeukeutna ka nagara bagian Florida). Aréa daratnna , kalawan populasi 353.658 jiwa. Ibu kotana nyaéta Nassau. Géografisna, Bahama aya di rantéy kapuloan nu sarua jeung Kuba, Hispaniola, sarta Kapuloan Turks jeung Caicos; sesebutan Bahama biasana ngarah ka nagarana sanésna rantéy kapuloannana.

Étimologi
Asal ngaran Bahamas teu terang. Ngaran éta meureun asalna ti Basa Spanyol baja mar ("laut déét") atawa kecap Lucayan pikeun pulo Bahama Gedé, ba-ha-ma ("daratan tengah luhur gedé").

Tempo ogé
Lucayan
Daptar inohong Bahama
Kapuloan Lucayan
Transportasi di Bahama

Rujukan

Bacaan salajengna

Sajarah umum
 Cash Philip et al. (Don Maples, Alison Packer). The Making of The Bahamas: A History for Schools. London: Collins, 1978.
 Albury, Paul. The Story of The Bahamas. London: MacMillan Caribbéan, 1975.
 Miller, Hubert W. The Colonization of The Bahamas, 1647–1670, The William and Mary Quarterly 2 no.1 (January 1945): 33–46.
 Craton, Michael. A History of The Bahamas. London: Collins, 1962.
 Craton, Michael and Saunders, Gail. Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1992

Sajarah ékonomi
 Johnson, Howard. The Bahamas in Slavery and Freedom. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishing, 1991.
 Johnson, Howard. The Bahamas from Slavery to Servitude, 1783–1933. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1996.
 Alan A. Block. Masters of Paradise, New Brunswick and London, Transaction Publishers, 1998.
 Storr, Virgil H. Enterprising Slaves and Master Pirates: Understanding Economic Life in the Bahamas. New York: Peter Lang, 2004.

Sajarah sosial
 Johnson, Wittington B. Race Relations in the Bahamas, 1784–1834: The Nonviolent Transformation from a Slave to a Free Society. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas, 2000.
 Shirley, Paul. "Tek Force Wid Force", History Today 54, no. 41 (April 2004): 30–35.
 Saunders, Gail. The Social Life in the Bahamas 1880s–1920s. Nassau: Media Publishing, 1996.
 Saunders, Gail. Bahamas Society After Emancipation. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishing, 1990.
 Curry, Jimmy. Filthy Rich Gangster/First Bahamian Movie. Movie Mogul Pictures: 1996.
 Curry, Jimmy. To The Rescue/First Bahamian Rap/Hip Hop Song. Royal Crown Records, 1985.

Tumbu kaluar

 
Nagara di Karibia
Nagara kapuloan
Kapuloan di Samudra Atlantik
Urut jajahan Britania
Anggota Pasamakmuran Bangsa-Bangsa
Anggota Komunitas Karibia
Wewengkon nu didumukan nu ngadeg 1647
Wewengkon nu maké basa Inggris
Monarki konstitusional
Démokrasi liberal
Nu ngadeg taun 1973
Anggota Pasarikatan Bangsa-Bangsa