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  • Names (place names)
    The names of many Bahamian islands and settlements go back hundreds of years and serve as reminders of earlier periods
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  • negro grounds
    [DJE idem; cf. GROUND cultivated field] n. Obs. the area of a plantation where slaves raised crops on their own
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  • Nassau
    [named after Nassau, a former duchy now part of Hesse, Germany; its Dutch line of rulers took the title of
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  • narrow shad
    not in W3, but cf. W3 broad shad] n. a small fish (sp?) which lives in brackish ponds. (Andros, Adelaide)
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  • night rest
    [MCC idem; cf. Ibo ouchichi ozuike (lit, night rest) idem (Okolo p.c.)] n. sleep: 1966 Let me take my night-rest
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  • nicker vine
    [cf. NICKER (BEAN) 1] n, a trailing plant (sp?) with reddish-yellow beans and hooked prickles. (Nassau, White)  
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  • news
    news
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  • navy-blue black
    [cf. St. Lucia blue-blacks (vs. mulattoes) (Dalphinis 1977:13); LA Fr. bleu excessivement noir (Germain); US Black blue a very black
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  • nanny
    /náni/, narny /náhni/ [cf. DJE nany, nene "from Twi nene to discharge the bowels", cf. also Common Bantu *-ni- to
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  • no how
    [also dial. in Brit. OED, US ADD] adv. in any way: 1966Idon't think that's a good name nohow (Crowley 58).
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