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BAHAMA ISLANDS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bahama Islands mean?

• BAHAMA ISLANDS (noun)
The noun BAHAMA ISLANDS has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: BAHAMA ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BAHAMA ISLANDS (noun)

Sense 1

Bahama Islands ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Bahama Islands; Bahamas; Commonwealth of the Bahamas

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Bahama Islands"):

capital of the Bahamas; Nassau (the capital of the Bahamas)

Meronyms (members of "Bahama Islands"):

Bahamian (a native or inhabitant of the Bahamas)

Holonyms ("Bahama Islands" is a part of...):

Caribbean (region including the Caribbean islands)

the Indies; West Indies (the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area)

Holonyms ("Bahama Islands" is a member of...):

OAS; Organization of American States (an association of countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)

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