General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country names: The Bahamas or the Bahama Islands
- Official English country name: The Commonwealth of The Bahamas
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Bahamian
- Demonym(s):
- ISO country codes: BS, BHS, 044
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:BS
- Internet country code top-level domain: .bs
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