Bermuda
See also: bermuda
Englisch
editEtymology
editFrom the name of Juan de Bermudez, the Spanish explorer who discovered the islands in 1515. See Bermúdez.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /bɚˈmjuːdə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəˈmjuːdə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
editBermuda
- An archipelago and overseas territory of the Vereinigtes Königreich 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.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
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See also
editFurther reading
editNomen
editBermuda (uncountable)
- A pale, slightly blue shade of green
- Bermuda:
Anagrams
editGerman
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editBermuda n (proper noun, genitive Bermudas or (optionally with an article) Bermuda)
- Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)
Declension
editDeclension of Bermuda [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Derived terms
editLatin
editProper noun
editBermūda f sg (genitive Bermūdae); first declension
- (New Latin) Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Bermūda |
Genitive | Bermūdae |
Dative | Bermūdae |
Accusative | Bermūdam |
Ablative | Bermūdā |
Vocative | Bermūda |
Locative | Bermūdae |
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom the name of Juan de Bermudez, the Spanish explorer who discovered the islands in 1515. See Bermúdez.
Proper noun
editBermuda n (genitive Bermudas)
- Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)
Related terms
edit- bermudisk (“Bermudian”, adjective)
- bermudier c (“Bermudian male”)
- bermudiska c (“Bermudian female”)
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