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BAHAMA

Volume 1 · 59 words · 1771 Edition

or Lucaya Islands, a number of islands lying in the Atlantic Ocean, between 21° and 27° N. lat. and between 73° and 81° W. long.

These islands, whereof twelve are of a considerable extent, take their name from Bahama, one of the largest of them, lying between 78° and 81° W. long. and between 26° and 27° N. lat.