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  • Definitions starting with A
    Andros
    Answer:   /ándrows, ándras/ [cf. quot., also the Greek island Andros] n. the largest island of the Bahamas. Its earliest names include ...
  • Definitions starting with C
    chickchanny, chickcharney
    Answer:  /chikchá(h)ni/; Also chincharny, chickanny [etym. uncertain; Craton suggests Arabic shitani devil (1966:18), whence also Krio setani, shaytani spirit of evil (cf. Mandinka, ...
  • Definitions starting with N
    Nicholls Town
    Answer: View a map [see quot.] n. a town in North Andros: 1945 The remnant of the black and coloured people ...
  • Definitions starting with A
    Andros-descent
    Answer: [descended from Andros people, who are supposedly irascible] adj. short-tempered: She Andros-descent! (Nassau). ...
  • Definitions starting with B
    banny-sinkle
    Answer: (Andros); boungy-sticker or panny-sinky. (Nassau) [origin uncertain, but cf. Sar. asiíka, small crab, and folk etymology; cf. also Pap. panekrab ...
  • Definitions starting with N
    nam-sack
    Answer: (Cat); num-sack (Andros) [cf. nam-sack in Gul]. (Writers' Program 1940:15), DJE "blend of nam (cf. nambu field-bag. .. cf. Twi ...
  • Definitions starting with B
    bamboo
    Answer: (Andros, Long); bamboo mast, bamboo raft (Andros); bamboo pole (Inagua); bamboo sisal (San Sal., Mayag.); bamboo tree (Adelaide) [from the ...
  • Definitions starting with B
    bassly
    Answer: /básli/ (Andros); barsly /bahsli/ (Mayag., Inagua); brassly /brásli (Andros), brázli (Mayag.)/ [cf. Jam. báazli (Ocimum micranthum); from basil influenced by ...
  • Definitions starting with B
    bay rush
    Answer: n. a seashore plant, Zamia angustifolia or Z. pumila: 1889 Bay rush . . . pith furnishes starch fit for ...
  • Definitions starting with B
    beard
    Answer: [OED, barb of a fish-hook obs. → 1793] n. the prong of a fishing spear: Sometimes you strike a good fish, ...