Bahamas
/bəˈhɑːməz
/
A country consisting of an archipelago off the SE coast of Florida, part of the West Indies; population 307,600 (est. 2009); languages, English (official), Creole; capital, Nassau.
It was there that Columbus made his first landfall in the New World (12 October 1492). The islands were a British colony from the 18th century until they gained independence within the Commonwealth in 1973.
- early modern
- early music
- early musician
- early night
- early-onset
- early (or earlier) on
- Early Pointed
- early purple orchid
- early purple orchis
- early retirement
- early retirer
- early riser
- early rising
- early Victorian
- early-warning
- early warning system
- early wood
- earmark
- ear-minded
- earmuffs
- earn
- earned income
- earned run
- earned run average
- earner