Bermuda

Bermuda

See also: bermuda

English

Etymology

Named after Spanish navigator Juan de Bermúdez (1450–c. 1520). See more at 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[1], 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.
    • 2016 April 25, Madison Park, “Coast Guard rescues man running in a bubble in the ocean, again”, in CNN[2]:
      An ultra-marathoner’s attempt to “run” from Florida to Bermuda in an inflatable bubble was cut short when the Coast Guard towed him back to land – for the second time.

Derived terms

Translations

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See also

  • Appendix:Countries of the world

Further reading

Noun

Bermuda (uncountable)

  1. A pale, slightly blue shade of green
    Bermuda:  

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

    Borrowed from English Bermuda.

    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, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Bermūda
    genitive Bermūdae
    dative Bermūdae
    accusative Bermūdam
    ablative Bermūdā
    vocative Bermūda

    Swedish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English Bermuda.

    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)

    Welsh

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English Bermuda.

    Proper noun

    Bermuda f

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