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Bahamas

ba·ha·mas

UK/bəˈhɑː.məz/ US/bʌˈhɑmʌz/ fairly common

noun

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Origin

Disputed; probably from Spanish baja mar (“shallow sea”) or Taíno ba ha ma (“big upper middle land”), via Spanish.

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