"BGM" meaning in English

See BGM in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} BGM
  1. (rail transport) The station code of Belagavi railway station in India.
    Sense id: en-BGM-en-name-pWh~yvU9 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Station codes, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: BGMs [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese BGM (BGM), an initialism of English background music. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|BGM}} Japanese BGM (BGM), {{der|en|en|background music}} English background music Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} BGM (countable and uncountable, plural BGMs)
  1. (music) Initialism of background music, occasionally used with reference to Japanese media (video games, television, etc.). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: background music (extra: (video games, television, etc.).), occasionally used with reference to Japanese media (extra: (video games, television, etc.).) Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-BGM-en-noun-3nixoXk5 Categories (other): English terms borrowed back into English Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 54 46 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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