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Bermuda, Islands of Bermuda, or The Somers Isles is an Atlantic archipelago, a British Overseas Territory, and formerly part of Virginia.
Bermuda may also refer to:
- Bermuda Hundred Campaign, a campaign during the American Civil War
- Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda, known as HMD Bermuda, the dockyard at the core of the Royal Navy base in Bermuda
- Fortress Bermuda, a romantic term for Bermuda, resulting from its designation as an Imperial Fortress
- Bermuda kite, a type of kite traditionally flown in Bermuda at Easter, symbolizing the ascent of Christ
- Bermuda shorts, a type of short trousers
- Bermuda Conference, an international conference between the United Kingdom and the United States held on April 19, 1943 at Hamilton, Bermuda, concerned with the plight of European Jews
- Bermuda Agreement, an aviation agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom
- Brewster Bermuda, a British name for the Brewster SB2A Buccaneer two-seat scout bomber
- Bermuda national cricket team, the national cricket team of Bermuda
- "Bermuda" (song), a 1951 song by The Bell Sisters
- "Bermuda", a song by Roky Erickson, first released as a single, and then inserted into some albums
People
- Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (born 1956), a drummer for "Weird Al" Yankovic
Places
United States
Thousands of Bermudians emigrated to North America in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, especially to the South-East. These emigres left the name of the archipelago on many parts of the modern United States of America.
- Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, the first incorporated town in Virginia
- Bermuda City, now part of the town of Hopewell, Virginia
- Bermuda Run, Virginia (see Bermuda City, above)
- Bermuda Place, in Chesterfield County, Virginia
- Bermuda District, a district of Chesterfield County, Virginia
- Bermuda Run, North Carolina, the newest incorporated municipality in Davie County
- Bermuda Island, in the Albemarle Sound, North Carolina
- Bermuda Creek, a stream in Charleston County, South Carolina
- Bermuda Bluff, a cliff in Beaufort County, South Carolina
- Town of Bermuda, South Carolina (ca. 1699-1720s)
- Bermuda Springs, Pennsylvania
- Bermuda Island (Georgia), an island in Liberty County, Georgia, also known as Colonels Island, and Heron Island (the Atlantic archipelago also had an alternate name of La Garza - Spanish for ´´the Heron´´)
- Bermuda, Calhoun County, Georgia, a populated place in Calhoun County, Georgia
- Bermuda, DeKalb County, Georgia, a populated place in DeKalb County, Georgia
- Bermuda Island, Georgia, near Sunbury, Georgia
- Bermuda Hill, a 984 feet/300 metre summit in Catoosa County, Georgia
- Bermuda, Alabama, a populated (community) place in Conecuh County, Alabama
- Bermuda Lagoon, a lake in Fairfield County, Connecticut
- Little Bermuda, an island in Waldo County, Maine
- Bermuda Dunes, a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California
- Bermuda, or Bermuda Plantation, a former cotton plantation (previously called Ile Breville), belonging to the Prudhomme family, and a current locale, in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
- Bermuda, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish
- Bermuda Landing, an historical locale in Humphreys County, Mississippi
- Bermuda Falls Spring, a spring in Gila County, Arizona
- Bermuda Lake, (and Bermuda Dam) a reservoir in Dimmit County, Texas
- Bermuda Beach, a beach on Lake Como, in Galveston County, Texas
- Block Island, Rhode Island is advertised as the Bermuda of the North
Outside United States
- Bermuda, Warwickshire, a village in England, named after a former Governor of the island of Bermuda
- Bermuda Triangle, a fantastical region of the Atlantic, roughly between Bermuda, Florida, and the West Indies
Plants
- Juniperus bermudiana, a juniper tree endemic to Bermuda, known as Bermuda cedar
- Bermudiana, a flowering plant endemic to Bermuda, belonging to the Sisyrinchium genus
- Cynodon dactylon, or Bermuda grass, a fast-growing Mediterranean grass best suited for warm climates
- Lilium longiflorum, known as the Easter lily, or the Bermuda lily
- Bermuda Onion, any of several varieties of mild-flavored onions shaped like a flattened sphere
Sailing
- Bermuda sloop, a type of sailing vessel originating in the island equipped with gaff or Bermuda rig. Also used for modern sloops with Bermuda rig.
- Bermuda rig, a form of rigging for boats and small ships
- HMS Bermuda, seven ships of the Royal Navy named after the island
See also
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