name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/bəˈmjuː.də/
General-American:/bəɹˈmjuː.də/
bûr-myo͞o′də
bər-mū′də
bûr-mū′də
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Somers Isles
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A pale, slightly blue shade of green
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; a popular resort
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bermudas
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: island
History
Etymology
Named after Spanish navigator Juan de Bermúdez (1450–c. 1520). See more at Bermúdez.
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
Bermuda
— island group
Arabic:
جُزُر بَرْمُودَا
(juzur barmūdā)
— island group
Arabic:
برمودا
(bermūdā)
— island group
Asturian:
Les Bermudes
— island group
Belarusian:
Бэрму́ды
(Bermúdy)
— island group
Belarusian:
Бэрму́дзкія вы́спы
(Bermúdzkija výspy)
— island group
Breton:
Bermuda
— island group
Bulgarian:
Берму́да
(Bermúda)
— island group
Catalan:
Bermudes
— island group
Chinese Mandarin:
百慕達 /百慕达
(Bǎimùdá)
— island group
Chinese Mandarin:
百慕大
(Bǎimùdà)
— island group
Chinese Mandarin:
百慕大群島 /百慕大群岛
(Bǎimùdà qúndǎo)
— island group
Cornish:
Bermuda
— island group
Czech:
Bermudy
— island group
Danish:
Bermuda
— island group
Dutch:
Bermuda
— island group
Esperanto:
Bermudo
— island group
Esperanto:
Bermudoj
— island group
Estonian:
Bermuda
— island group
Finnish:
Bermuda
— island group
French:
Bermudes
— island group
Galician:
Bermuda
— island group
German:
Bermuda
— island group
Greek:
Βερμούδες
(Vermoúdes)
— island group
Hebrew:
ברמודה
— island group
Hindi:
बरमूडा
(barmūḍā)
— island group
Hungarian:
Bermuda
— island group
Hungarian:
Bermudák
— island group
Hungarian:
Bermuda-szigetek
— island group
Icelandic:
Bermúda
— island group
Indonesian:
Bermuda
— island group
Interlingua:
Bermuda
— island group
Irish:
Beirmiúda
— island group
Irish:
na Beirmiúdaí
— island group
Italian:
Bermude
— island group
Japanese:
バーミューダ
(Bāmyūda)
— island group
Japanese:
バミューダ
(Bamyūda)
— island group
Korean:
버뮤다
(Beomyuda)
— island group
Korean:
버뮤더
(Beomyudeo)
— island group
Latvian:
Bermudu salas
— island group
Lithuanian:
Bermudai
— island group
Macedonian:
Берму́ди
(Bermúdi)
— island group
Macedonian:
Берму́да
(Bermúda)
— island group
Malay:
Bermuda
— island group
Maltese:
Bermuda
— island group
Māori:
Pāmura
— island group
Norman:
Bermude
— island group
Norwegian:
Bermuda
— island group
Persian:
برمودا
(barmudâ)
— island group
Polish:
Bermudy
— island group
Portuguese:
Bermudas
— island group
Romanian:
Bermuda
— island group
Romanian:
Bermude
— island group
Russian:
Берму́ды
(Bermúdy)
— island group
Russian:
Берму́дские острова́
(Bermúdskije ostrová)
— island group
Scottish Gaelic:
Bermuda
— island group
Serbo-Croatian:
Бермуди
— island group
Serbo-Croatian:
Bermudi
— island group
Slovak:
Bermudy
— island group
Slovene:
Bermudi
— island group
Spanish:
Bermudas
— island group
Swedish:
Bermuda
— island group
Thai:
เบอร์มิวดา
(bəə-miu-dâa)
— island group
Turkish:
Bermuda
— island group
Ukrainian:
Берму́ди
(Bermúdy)
— island group
Ukrainian:
Берму́дські острови́
(Bermúdsʹki ostrový)
— island group
