Bermuda, Islands of Bermuda, or The Somers Isles is an Atlantic archipelago, British Overseas Territory, and a former part of Virginia.

Bermuda may also refer to:

Places

United States

Thousands of Bermudians emigrated to North America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, especially to the South-East. These émigrés left the name of the archipelago in many parts of the modern United States of America.

Alabama

  • Bermuda, Alabama, a populated (community) place in Conecuh County
  • Bermuda Hill, a historic plantation house near Prairieville.

Arizona

  • Bermuda Falls Spring, a spring in Gila County

California

  • Bermuda Dunes, a census-designated place in Riverside County

Connecticut

  • Bermuda Lagoon, a lake in Fairfield County

Georgia

  • Bermuda, Calhoun County, Georgia, a populated place in Calhoun County
  • Bermuda, DeKalb County, Georgia, a populated place in DeKalb County
  • Bermuda Hill (Georgia), a 984 feet/300 metre summit in Catoosa County
  • Bermuda Island, Georgia, an island in Liberty County, also known as Colonels Island, and Heron Island (the Atlantic archipelago also had an alternate name of La Garza – Spanish for 'the Heron')

Louisiana

  • Bermuda, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish
  • Bermuda Plantation, a former cotton plantation (previously called Ile Breville), belonging to the Prudhomme family, and a current locale, in Natchitoches Parish

Maine

  • Little Bermuda, an island in Waldo County

Mississippi

  • Bermuda Landing, an historical locale in Humphreys County

North Carolina

  • Bermuda Run, North Carolina, the newest incorporated municipality in Davie County
  • Bermuda Island, in Albemarle Sound

Pennsylvania

  • Bermuda Springs

Rhode Island

  • Block Island, advertised as the Bermuda of the North

South Carolina

  • Bermuda Bluff, a cliff in Beaufort County
  • Bermuda Creek, a stream in Charleston County
  • Town of Bermuda, South Carolina (ca. 1699-1720s)

Texas

  • Bermuda Beach, a beach on Lake Como, in Galveston County
  • Bermuda Lake, (and Bermuda Dam) a reservoir in Dimmit County

Virginia

  • Bermuda District, Virginia, a district of Chesterfield County
  • Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, the first incorporated town in Virginia
  • Bermuda Place, Virginia, in Chesterfield County
  • Hopewell, Virginia, now contains what was Bermuda City and Bermuda Run

Elsewhere

  • Bermuda, Warwickshire, a village in England, named to honour a former Governor of the islands of Bermuda
  • Bermuda Triangle, a region of the Atlantic, roughly between Bermuda, Florida, and the West Indies

People

  • Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (born 1956), a drummer for "Weird Al" Yankovic

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • "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

Military

  • Bermuda Hundred Campaign, a campaign during the American Civil War
  • Brewster SB2A Buccaneer, also known as Brewster Bermuda, a British name for the Brewster SB2A Buccaneer two-seat scout bomber
  • HMS Bermuda, seven ships of the Royal Navy named after the island
  • Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda, known as HMD Bermuda, the dockyard at the core of the Royal Navy base in Bermuda

Plants

  • Bermuda Onion, also known as sweet onion, any of several varieties of mild-flavored onions shaped like a flattened sphere
  • Cynodon dactylon, or Bermuda grass, a fast-growing Mediterranean grass best suited for warm climates
  • Juniperus bermudiana, a juniper tree endemic to Bermuda, known as Bermuda cedar
  • Lilium longiflorum, known as the Easter lily, or the Bermuda lily
  • Sisyrinchium bermudiana, a flowering plant endemic to Bermuda, belonging to the Sisyrinchium genus

Sailing

  • Bermuda rig, a form of rigging for boats and small ships
  • 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

Transportation

  • 45600 Bermuda, a British LMS Jubilee Class locomotive
  • MV Bermuda, a British cruise ship launched in 1927
  • Edsel Bermuda, a 1958 station wagon

Other uses

  • Bermuda Agreement, an aviation agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom
  • 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 kite, a type of kite traditionally flown in Bermuda at Easter, symbolizing the ascent of Christ
  • Bermuda national cricket team, the national cricket team of Bermuda
  • Bermuda shorts, a type of short trousers

See also

  • Barbuda (disambiguation)
  • Bermudian (disambiguation)