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  2. Bahamian nationality law - Wikipedia

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    Bahamian nationality law is regulated by the 1973 Constitution of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, as amended; The Bahamas Nationality Act; The Bahamas Immigration Act; and various British Nationality laws. [1] [2] [3] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of The Bahamas.

  3. Conch (people) - Wikipedia

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    Riviera Beach, Florida, was known as "Conchtown" in the first half of the 20th century because of the number of Bahamian immigrants who settled there. Unlike the situation in Key West and the rest of the Florida Keys, where being Conch became a matter of pride and community identification, Conch was used by outsiders (in particular the residents of West Palm Beach) in a pejorative manner to ...

  4. The Bahamas - Wikipedia

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    The name Bahamas is derived from the Lucayan name Bahama ('large upper middle island'), used by the Indigenous Taíno people for the island of Grand Bahama. [20] [21] Tourist guides often state that the name comes from the Spanish baja mar ('shallow sea'). Wolfgang Ahrens of York University argues that this is a folk etymology. [20]

  5. List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations

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    Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms are also used for various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words. (Sometimes, the use of one or more additional words is optional.) Notable examples are cuisines, cheeses, cat breeds, dog breeds, and horse breeds. (See List of words derived from toponyms.)

  6. Name change - Wikipedia

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    Name change is the legal act by a person of adopting a new name different from their current name. The procedures and ease of a name change vary between jurisdictions. In general, common law jurisdictions have looser procedures for a name change while civil law jurisdictions are more restrictive. While some civil law jurisdictions have loosened ...

  7. Bahamians - Wikipedia

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    Bahamians / b ə ˈ h eɪ m i ən z / are people originating or having roots from The Commonwealth of The Bahamas. One can also become a Bahamian by acquiring citizenship. One can also become a Bahamian by acquiring citizenship.

  8. History of the Bahamas - Wikipedia

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    The earliest arrival of people in the islands now known as the Bahamas was in the first millennium AD. The first inhabitants of the islands were the Lucayans, an Arawakan language-speaking Taino people, who arrived between about 500 and 800 AD from other islands of the Caribbean.

  9. Bahamian - Wikipedia

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    Bahamian may refer to anything and anyone of or from the Bahamas, a country of islands located in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Cuba. Bahamians, citizens of the Bahamas. Bahamian Creole, a dialect of English spoken by Bahamians. Culture of The Bahamas, a hybrid of African, European, and other cultures.