Bermuda

See also: bermuda

English

Etymology

From the name of Juan de Bermudez, the Spanish explorer who discovered the islands in 1515. See Bermúdez.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bermuda

  1. An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean, 580 nautical miles (1074 kilometers) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
    Synonym: (former name) Somers Isles
    • 1613, Samuel Purchas, Pvrchas His Pilgrimes, volume I, London, →OCLC, page 632:
      Sir Thomas Gates was appointed Lieutenant Generall ; Sir George Sommers Admirall of Virginia and were ſent to reſide there as Gouernours of the Colonie. But the Sea Venture, wherein the two Knights, and Captaine Newport, with a hundred and fiftie perſons ſayled, after long conflict with the two angrie Elements, was ſent to be impriſoned in Bermuda, where betweene two Rocks the Ship ſplit, the people eſcaping to Land.

Derived terms

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See also

  • Appendix:Countries of the world

Further reading

Noun

Bermuda (uncountable)

  1. A pale, slightly blue shade of green
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Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bermuda n (proper noun, genitive Bermudas or (optionally with an article) Bermuda)

  1. Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)

Declension

Derived terms

Latin

Proper noun

Bermūda f sg (genitive Bermūdae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Bermūda
Genitive Bermūdae
Dative Bermūdae
Accusative Bermūdam
Ablative Bermūdā
Vocative Bermūda
Locative Bermūdae

Swedish

Etymology

From the name of Juan de Bermudez, the Spanish explorer who discovered the islands in 1515. See Bermúdez.

Proper noun

Bermuda n (genitive Bermudas)

  1. Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)
  • bermudisk (Bermudian, adjective)
  • bermudier c (Bermudian male)
  • bermudiska c (Bermudian female)
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