Commonwealth of the Bahamas - island country in the Atlantic east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resortOAS, Organization of American States - an association of countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" Caribbean - region including the Caribbean islands Bahamian - a native or inhabitant of the Bahamas |