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Definition of Bermudas
1. Noun. A group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; a popular resort.
Group relationships: Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean
Generic synonyms: Island
Member holonyms: Bermudan, Bermudian
Definition of Bermudas
1. Noun. (plural of Bermuda) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bermudas
1. knee-length walking shorts [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bermudas
Literary usage of Bermudas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"Piratical ventures from the Bermudas. —"The first general assembly ... He claimed
that he held a commission from the governor and council of the Bermudas. ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1906)
"There seem to have been times in the history of the Bermudas, however, ...
Rou^h Xotes and Memoranda relating to the Natural History of the Bermudas. ..."
3. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1891)
"THE Bermudas. HE little Bermudas group, which rises in absolute isolation ...
The distance is much greater from the Bahamas, although the Bermudas belong ..."
4. The Colonies, 1492-1750 by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1910)
"Ceded by France to England in 1763, Dominica was several times recaptured, and
not finally relinquished to the latter until 1814. 101. Bermudas ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1844)
"The Bermudas possess great means of natural defence in the extended reefs of
coral rocks that ... The Bermudas were discovered by Juan Bermudez, a Spaniard, ..."
6. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1890)
"The Bermudas were discovered at the beginning 2 of the ' The Bermudas are farther
... 1 As the colony consists of a group of islands, the plural ' Bermudas ..."
7. The Voyage of the "Challenger.": The Atlantic; a Preliminary Account of the by Charles Wyville Thomson (1878)
"THOMAS AND Bermudas 267 72. GROUP of GRU-GRU PALMS ON THE CROQUET-LAWN, ...
IAN LIMESTONE, Bermudas 307 82. CALCAREOUS CONCRETION, Bermudas 308 83. ..."
8. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"On 7 May 1635 he was appointed Hich was connected with the Bermudas Company in
1616, and bought shares in the Virginia Company in 1619. ..."
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