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*[[Bermuda kite]] a type of kite traditionally flown in Bermuda at [[Easter]], symbolizing the ascent of Christ. |
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*[[Brewster SB2A Buccaneer|Brewster Bermuda]], a British name for the Brewster SB2A Buccaneer two-seat scout bomber |
*[[Brewster SB2A Buccaneer|Brewster Bermuda]], a British name for the Brewster SB2A Buccaneer two-seat scout bomber |
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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 (or its adjective Bermudian) may also refer to:
- Bermuda Hundred Campaign, a campaign during the American Civil War
- The dockyard at the core of the Royal Navy base in Bermuda named HMD Bermuda
- Fortress Bermuda, a romantic term for Bermuda.
- Bermuda kite a type of kite traditionally flown in Bermuda at Easter, symbolizing the ascent of Christ.
- Bermuda shorts, a type of short trousers
- The Bermuda Conference was 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, a song by Roky Erickson, first released as a single, and then inserted into some albums, among them Don't Slander Me
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 (Town), 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, North Carolina
- 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)
- Bermudian Valley, York Springs, Pennsylvania
- Bermudian is an unincorporated community in Adams and York counties, Pennsylvania
- Bermudian Creek, Washington Township, York County, Pennsylvania
- Bermuda Springs, Pennsylvania
- Bermuda, 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, a populated place in Calhoun County, Georgia
- Bermuda, 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, 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 is 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, a populated place near the village of Natchez, in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, zip code 71456
- 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
- Bermudian Landing is a village in Belize
- 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 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
- Seven ships of the Royal Navy named HMS Bermuda after the island