Bahama Islands, The

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• The Bahama Islands —     The Bahama Islands     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Bahama Islands     (Or LUCAYOS)     The most northerly group of the West Indies, are a chain of coral islands lying between 21°42 and 27°34 N. lat., and 72°40 and 79°5 W. long., composed of …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Bahama Islands — Bahamas, island group located in the Atlantic Ocean to the south of Florida; country located on the Bahama Islands …   English contemporary dictionary

• Bahama Islands — noun island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort • Syn: ↑Bahamas, ↑Commonwealth of the Bahamas • Derivationally related forms: ↑Bahamian (for: ↑Bahamas) • Insta …   Useful english dictionary

• Bahama Swallow — Taxobox name = Bahama Swallow status = VU status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Hirundinidae genus = Tachycineta species = T. cyaneoviridis binomial = Tachycineta cyaneoviridis… …   Wikipedia

• Bahama Banks — The Bahama Banks are the submerged carbonate platforms that make up much of the Bahama Archipelago. The term is usually applied in referring to either the Great Bahama Bank around Andros Island, or the Little Bahama Bank of Grand Bahama Island… …   Wikipedia

• The Bluff, Bahamas — The Bluff is a settlement on North Eleuthera, Bahamas.There are three settlements in the Bahamas called The Bluff . The first is on South Andros Island. It is the most densely populated settlement on the island. It hosts a Homecoming every year,… …   Wikipedia

• The John B. Sails — is a folk song that first appeared in a 1917 American novel, Pieces of Eight , written by Richard Le Gallienne. The secret narrator of the story describes it as one of the quaint Nassau ditties, [Le Gallienne, Pieces of Eight , p. 30: And you,… …   Wikipedia

• The Bahamas — This article is about the country. For the Canadian singer guitarist, see Bahamas (musician). Commonwealth of the Bahamas …   Wikipedia

• Bahama Woodstar — Taxobox name = Bahama Woodstar status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Trochiliformes familia = Trochilidae genus = Calliphlox species = C. evelynae binomial = Calliphlox evelynae binomial… …   Wikipedia

• bahama — bəˈhämə, hȧ (pronunc in Bahamas); hā adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Bahama islands : of or from the Bahama islands : of the kind or style prevalent in the Bahama islands …   Useful english dictionary