Bermuda Definition

bər-myo͝odə
proper name
Group of islands in the W Atlantic, 584 mi (940 km) southeast of N.C.: a self-governing colony under British control since 1684: 21 sq mi (54 sq km); cap. Hamilton.
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pronoun

An island group in the the North Atlantic Ocean, 580 nautical miles (1074 kilometers) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, held as an Overseas Territory by Britain.

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A pale, slightly blue shade of green.

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A self-governing British colony comprising about 300 coral islands in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Cape Hatteras. The first settlement was made in 1609 by British colonists shipwrecked on their way to Virginia. Tourism and international finance are crucial to its economy. Hamilton, on Bermuda Island, the largest in the archipelago, is the capital.
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Origin of Bermuda

  • From the name of Juan de Bermudez, the Spanish explorer who discovered the islands in 1515.

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Bermuda Sentence Examples

  • On the 16th of May Butler fought the indecisive battle of Drury's Bluff against Beauregard, in consequence of which he had to retire to Bermuda Hundred, whence most of his troops were sent to join Grant.

  • The Bermuda cedar (Juniperus bermudiana) is used for internal joinery and is extremely durable.

  • Although the hulks at home had been condemned, convict establishments in which these floating prisons still formed the principal part were organized at Bermuda and Gibraltar.

  • In 1611, 650 additional colonists landed, the James and Appomattox rivers were explored and "plantations" were established at Henrico and New Bermuda.

  • The only British representative is Cynodon Dactylon (dog's tooth, Bermuda grass) found on sandy shores in the south-west of England; it is a cosmopolitan, covering the ground in sandy soils, and forming an important forage grass in many dry climates (Bermuda grass of the southern United States, and known as durba, dub and other names in India).

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