"Bo" meaning in English

See Bo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Either borrowed from modern Danish Bo or Swedish Bo, or a spelling variant of the male given name Beau. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|da|Bo}} Danish Bo, {{bor|en|sv|Bo}} Swedish Bo Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bo
  1. A male given name of occasional usage since the 1970s.
    A male given name from the Germanic languages
    Sense id: en-Bo-en-name-E6~u60Kh Categories (other): English given names, English male given names, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 17 17 26 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 20 20 20 22 19
  2. A male given name of occasional usage since the 1970s.
    A male given name from French, variant of Beau
    A diminutive of the male given name Beauregard
    Sense id: en-Bo-en-name-bUO4~E8D Categories (other): English diminutives of male given names, English given names, English male given names, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 17 17 26 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 20 20 20 22 19
  3. A male given name of occasional usage since the 1970s.
    A male given name from French, variant of Beau
    A diminutive of the male given name Beaumont
    Sense id: en-Bo-en-name-QLF79rXG Categories (other): English diminutives of male given names, English given names, English male given names, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 17 17 26 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 20 20 20 22 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bo
  1. A city in Sierra Leone. Categories (place): Cities in Sierra Leone, Places in Sierra Leone
    Sense id: en-Bo-en-name-THLuRAMX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 17 17 26 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 20 20 20 22 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 18 18 26 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bo
  1. Synonym of Bomu (“Gur language”). Synonyms: Bomu [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Bo-en-name-cBsIRzZI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 17 17 26 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 20 20 20 22 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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