"Bau" meaning in English

See Bau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Baus [plural]
Etymology: Various origins: * Borrowed from German Bau, perhaps a short form of compounds with this element, such as Bauhofer or Baumann. * Borrowed from French Bau, perhaps a variant of Beau. * Variant of Bao, a surname of Chinese origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Bau}} German Bau, {{bor|en|fr|Bau}} French Bau, {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Bau (plural Baus)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Bau-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 37 8 3 35 2 5 2 2 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bau
  1. (Mesopotamian mythology) A Mesopotamian goddess, initially a life-giving deity sometimes associated with the creation of mankind, later a goddess of healing and medicine. Categories (topical): Mesopotamian mythology
    Sense id: en-Bau-en-name-sP0th7ql
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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