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Geographic Locations > Islands > West Indies > Bahamas
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > West Indies > Bahamas
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > West Indies > Bahamas
Geographic Locations > Americas > Caribbean Region > West Indies > Bahamas

Preferred term

Bahamas  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A chain of islands, cays, and reefs in the West Indies, lying southeast of Florida and north of Cuba. It is an independent state, called also the Commonwealth of the Bahamas or the Bahama Islands. The name likely represents the local name Guanahani, itself of uncertain origin. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p106 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p45)

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In other languages

  • Bahamas

    French

  • Commonwealth des Bahamas

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-G5D70ZBG-S

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