BAHAMAS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Bahamas mean?
• BAHAMAS (noun)
The noun BAHAMAS has 1 sense:
1. island country in the Atlantic east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort
Familiarity information: BAHAMAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BAHAMAS (noun)
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 "Bahamas"):
capital of the Bahamas; Nassau (the capital of the Bahamas)
Meronyms (members of "Bahamas"):
Bahamian (a native or inhabitant of the Bahamas)
Holonyms ("Bahamas" 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 ("Bahamas" 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)
