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