Bermuda

//bəˈmjuː.də// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pale, slightly blue shade of green uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean, 580 nautical miles (1074 kilometers) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

    "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."

Synonyms

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bermudassomers isles

Example

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"Christopher Columbus was once quoted as saying that pirates were too "simple-minded". He created the Bermuda Triangle later that year."

Etymology

Named after Spanish navigator Juan de Bermúdez (1450–c. 1520). See more at Bermúdez.

Related phrases

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