bahamas

Other forms of bahamas

plural

bahamases·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bahamas

What does bahamas mean?

bahamas means "island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort".

How many syllables are in bahamas?

bahamas has 3 syllables: ba-ha-mas. The stress falls on "ha". In IPA it is /bəˈhɑməz/.

What is another word for bahamas?

Close synonyms include Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Bahama Islands. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bahamas a common word?

bahamas is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.