Meaning & use
Bermudan
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Meanings
adjectivebefore a noun
Relating to Bermuda, an island territory in the North Atlantic, or its people or culture.
Grammar: Usually before a noun: Bermudan weather; capitalized.
The Bermudan government announced new rules for visitors.
We rented a Bermudan cottage painted in pastel pink.
A Bermudan sailor won the regatta.
nouncountable
A person from Bermuda.
Grammar: Countable and capitalized: two Bermudans; the Bermudan is a person.
The Bermudan welcomed the tourists at the dock.
Many Bermudans work in finance or tourism.
adjectivebefore a nounfinancetechnical
In finance, describing an option that can be exercised on certain set dates before it expires, between American and European styles.
Grammar: Used in the phrase Bermudan option; usually lowercase b in finance texts.
The bank priced a Bermudan option on interest rates.
A Bermudan swaption can be exercised on a few set dates.
Common combinations
- Bermudan government
- The Bermudan government announced the new tax.
- Bermudan sloop
- A Bermudan sloop has a tall triangular mainsail.
- Bermudan option
- A Bermudan option has several set exercise dates.
- Bermudan dollar
- The Bermudan dollar is tied to the U.S. dollar.
Synonyms and how they differ
- Bermudian
- It is the form used most often by people from Bermuda, while Bermudan is also widely used elsewhere.
Word family
- Bermuda proper noun
- the island territory
- Bermudian adjective
- variant of Bermudan
- Bermuda shorts noun
- knee-length shorts
- Bermuda Triangle proper noun
- an Atlantic region associated with disappearances
Commonly confused: Bermudan or Bermuda?
Bermudan vs Bermuda
Bermuda is the place; Bermudan describes things or people from it.
Practice
A person born in Bermuda can be called a ___.
Choose one answer.
Bermudan means from Bermuda. Barbadian and Bahamian refer to other Caribbean nations, which are tempting but wrong.
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