"gay bar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gay bars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gay bar (plural gay bars)
  1. A tavern or similar nightclub whose primary clientele are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Categories (topical): Bars, LGBT Related terms: gay club Translations (nightclub whose primary clientele are LGBT people): 同性戀酒吧 (Chinese Mandarin), 同性恋酒吧 (tóngxìngliàn jiǔbā) (Chinese Mandarin), 同志酒吧 (tóngzhì jiǔbā) (Chinese Mandarin), bøssebar [common-gender] (Danish), homobaari (Finnish), bar gay [masculine] (French), Gay-Bar [feminine] (German), Schwulenbar [feminine] (German), γκέι μπαρ (gkéi bar) [neuter] (Greek), melegbár (Hungarian), hommabúlla [feminine] (Icelandic), ゲイバー (geibā) (Japanese), 게이바 (geiba) (Korean), bar gay (Malay), homsebar [masculine] (Norwegian), bar gay [masculine] (Portuguese), гей-ба́р (gej-bár) [masculine] (Russian), gay bar (Slovak), gay klub (Slovak), bar gay [masculine] (Spanish), bar de ambiente [masculine] (Spanish), gaybar [common-gender] (Swedish), bögbar [common-gender] (Swedish), บาร์เกย์ (baa gay) (Thai), gey bar (Turkish), tafarn hoyw (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-gay_bar-en-noun-MGbnS8j2 Disambiguation of Bars: 54 46 Disambiguation of LGBT: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'nightclub whose primary clientele are LGBT people': 76 24
  2. (Philippines) A gay strip club Tags: Philippines Categories (topical): Bars
    Sense id: en-gay_bar-en-noun-eXcXC83h Disambiguation of Bars: 54 46 Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 20 80

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