Bermuda (disambiguation)

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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
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, 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 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