Bahamas
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wiktionary
Disputed; probably from Spanish baja mar(“shallow sea”) or Taíno ba ha ma(“big upper middle land”), via Spanish.
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Bahamas
islands discovered by Columbus in 1492, settled by English in 1648, long after the native population had been wiped out by disease or carried off into slavery; the name is said to be from Spanish baja mar "low sea," in reference to the shallow water here, but more likely represents a local name, Guanahani, whose origin had been lost and whose meaning has been forgotten.
