"Bay" meaning in English

See Bay in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Somali [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|so}} Somali [Term?] Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bay
  1. A region of Somalia. Categories (place): Places in Somalia, Regions of Somalia
    Sense id: en-Bay-en-name-XSmbiC8a
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: the Bay [canonical]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From bay. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Bay}} the Bay
  1. (informal) Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay Area. (metropolitan area in California); A region of California, United States Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal Alternative form of: San Francisco Bay Area (extra: (metropolitan area in California); A region of California, United States) Categories (place): Places in California, USA, Places in the United States, Regions of the United States Translations (area): 灣區 (Chinese Cantonese), 湾区 (waan¹ keoi¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 灣區 (Chinese Mandarin), 湾区 (Wānqū) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Bay-en-name-ZYH4sn1h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 47 49 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 66 30 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 44 46 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 46 48 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 2 49 43 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 52 43 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 2 47 44 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 2 48 45 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 54 42 3 Disambiguation of 'area': 100 0
  2. (informal) Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay.; A bay of the Pacific in California, United States Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal Alternative form of: San Francisco Bay (extra: A bay of the Pacific in California, United States) Categories (place): Bays, Places in California, USA, Places in the United States Translations (bay): La Bahía (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Bay-en-name-RCU0V50m Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 47 49 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 44 46 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 46 48 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 2 49 43 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 52 43 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 2 47 44 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 2 48 45 5 Disambiguation of 'bay': 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Forms: Bays [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From bay. Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Bay (plural Bays)
  1. A surname
    Sense id: en-Bay-en-name-iong5iVh Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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