Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Bermuda shorts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; resort.
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- proper noun The islands of
Bermuda .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; a popular resort
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Examples
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The Bermudas are a cluster of small islands and rocks lying in the track of vessels bound from New England to the West Indies.
Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper
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For honeymoon and other trips the Bermudas are a favourite resort of New
Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson
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The singular collection of islands known as the Bermudas are situated about seven hundred miles from Boston, in a southeast direction, and about the same distance from Halifax, or Florida.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 Various
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In any event, the Bermudas are a seasonable topic.
The Certain Hour James Branch Cabell 1918
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In any event, the Bermudas are a seasonable topic.
The Certain Hour 1909
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Church, popularly known as the Bermudas, and afterwards the Caribbean
The Strand District The Fascination of London Walter Besant 1868
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Two or three wracks also they found, by certaine inscriptions to bee some Spanish, some Dutch, some French; but the greatest rumour is, that a Spanish ship called Bermudas was there cast away, carrying Hogges to the West-Indies that swam a shore, and there increased: how the Spaniards escaped is vncertaine: but they say, from that ship those Iles were first called Bermudas, which till then for six thousand yeares had beene namelesse.
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Two ships at this time by those seuerall parties were a building; in the meane time two children were borne, the Boy was called Bermudas, the Girle Bermuda, and amongst all those sorrowes they had a merry English mariage; the forme of those Iles you may see at large in the Map of Mr. Norwood, where you may plainly see no place knowne hath better walls, nor a broader ditch.
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"Bermudas", by Andrew Marvell Out in the far Atlantic, "Where the remote Bermudas ride", the listening winds receive this song "From a small boat, that rowed along".
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A light of the first class at the west end of the group composing the "Bermudas," is visible for many miles in clear weather.
The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner John Wilkinson
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