The Bahamas

Coordinates: 24°15′N 76°00′W / 24.250°N 76.000°W / 24.250; -76.000

The Bahamas i/bəˈhɑːməz/, officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is an island country of the Lucayan Archipelago consisting of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean; north of Cuba and Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic); northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands; southeast of the US state of Florida and east of the Florida Keys. Its capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence. The designation of "Bahamas" can refer to either the country or the larger island chain that it shares with the Turks and Caicos Islands. As stated in the mandate/manifesto of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, the Bahamas territory encompasses 470,000 km2 (180,000 sq mi) of ocean space.

Originally inhabited by the Lucayan, a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taino people, the Bahamas were the site of Columbus' first landfall in the New World in 1492. Although the Spanish never colonised the Bahamas, they shipped the native Lucayans to slavery in Hispaniola. The islands were mostly deserted from 1513 until 1648, when English colonists from Bermuda settled on the island of Eleuthera.

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by: Bahamas

I sang loud
My voice cut through the crowd
As if I was anybody that might have something to say
Standing tall I seemed to know it all
But the only thing I know is that I've never known someone like you
I'm gonna figure out how it is
I got you
I got you babe
I held you
And I lost you
Time stood still
And I had my fill
Of all the things we did
And all the things we could have done
Looking back would you
Cut me some slack
For all the times I left you when I should have stayed right by your side
I'm gonna figure out how it is
I got you
I got you babe
I held you




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Response Plus Medical & its subsidiary to enhance emergency response in Bahamas

Khaleejtimes 20 Apr 2025
... in the Commonwealth of Bahamas ... • Develop, set up and provide emergency medical services infrastructure for aviation related incidents throughout the Commonwealth of The Bahamas Family Islands;.
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Bahamas puts SpaceX rocket landings on hold pending review: report

Yahoo Daily News 19 Apr 2025
Landing off the coast of the Bahamas offers SpaceX new rocket flight trajectories ....
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New nonprofit will bring 12 Eagle County students to the Bahamas to do service work

Vail Daily 19 Apr 2025
A group of Eagle County students will go to the Bahamas this summer on an inaugural service trip to support Haitian refugees ... Following the hurricane, hundreds of Haitians were deported from the Bahamas.
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These two rare whales should be in Cape Cod Bay by now. They were spotted in the Bahamas.

Cape Cod Times 19 Apr 2025
In what one marine scientist called a “remarkable” surprise, two North Atlantic right whales appear to have taken a tropical detour — surfacing in the Bahamas for the first time ever recorded.
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Two colossal sea creatures show up in strange place and scientists are baffled

The Tribune San Luis Obispo 19 Apr 2025
“The first time the species has ever been seen in this country.” ... .
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Rocket Report: Daytona rocket delayed again; Bahamas tells SpaceX to hold up

Ars Technica 18 Apr 2025
Welcome to Edition 7.40 of the Rocket Report! One of the biggest spaceflight questions in my mind right now is when Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket will fly again. The company has been saying "late spring." ... So when will we see New Glenn again?.
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PLAYSTUDIOS Announces Second Annual myVIP World Tournament of Slots at Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas, Where ...

The Eagle-Tribune 18 Apr 2025
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TRV-WLT-BAHAMAS-EXUMA-2-DPA

Decatur Daily 17 Apr 2025
Exuma is otherworldly, remote and hard to reach but offers a great deal to those who make it to the islands in the Bahamas. [Simone Spohr/dpa/TNS] ... .
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Decatur Daily 17 Apr 2025
Homes are brightly colored in Exuma, the Bahamas. [Simone Spohr/dpa/TNS] ... .
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Decatur Daily 17 Apr 2025
In close contact with fins. some nurse sharks are so used to tourists that they allow themselves to be stroked. Controversial, but people do it. [Simone Spohr/dpa/TNS] ... .
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Decatur Daily 17 Apr 2025
"Please do not pick up baby pigs" reads the sign on Big Mayor Island, in Exuma, the Bahamas. [Simone Spohr/dpa/TNS] ... .
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FlyFishing For Bonefish | Eleuthera Island, Bahamas | Project Healing Waters A Journey To Healing|

Rumble 17 Apr 2025
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JK Rowling channels the A-team as she parties in the Bahamas on her $150m superyacht ...

The Daily Mail 17 Apr 2025
And after sharing a post on X, formerly Twitter, suggesting she and her husband were clinking glasses of Champagne after the ruling, she has now followed up with a selfie of her smoking on her boat which online trackers suggest is near the Bahamas ... .
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The Bahamas suspends SpaceX landings, pending post-launch probe

Deccan Herald 16 Apr 2025
<p>Washinton. The government of The Bahamas said on Tuesday it is suspending all <a href= .
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Bahamas suspends SpaceX rocket landings pending post-launch probe

The Economic Times 16 Apr 2025
The Bahamas has suspended SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket landings pending a full ...

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