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Hi,

Are these sentences correct?

He's going to the Canary Islands.

He's going to the Fiji Islands.

He's going to the Bahamas.

I have a doubt about the last sentence.
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They are all correct.
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Actually, having lived down that way, it's 'going to Fiji' or '..Fijian Islands'
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